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Personal Injury | My Child Injured at School<\/h2>\n

Personal Injury . According to the North Carolina Department of Insurance, as well as studies completed by other states, more than 14 million\u00a0child injuries\u00a0occur each year throughout the country. Of these injuries, more than a quarter occur in or around school property. This statistic is not surprising. \u00a0Given that during the school year, children spend a far greater percentage of their day\u00a0in school or at school-related activities than anywhere else.<\/p>\n

If your child has been injured while either at school or during a school-related activity, it is natural as a parent to want to know who might be responsible in the eyes of the law. The possible answers to that question are varied and depend on the particular facts and circumstances of each situation.<\/p>\n

Was the Act Intentional or Negligent?<\/h2>\n

This is the first question that must be answered in determining who is ultimately responsible for the personal injury.<\/p>\n

This might include bullying, where a child physically harms another student. However, it can also take the form of harm inflicted by an adult, such as where an school employee\u00a0abuses a student.<\/p>\n

In the instance of bullying, the parents of the offending student may be liable for the injury depending on the circumstances of the harassment. The school may also be liable for failing to stop the harassment if it had reason to know the bullying might take place.<\/p>\n

Similarly, if an adult employee is the offender, the school district might be liable for failing to conduct a proper background check, or failing to offer appropriate supervision.<\/p>\n

Many of these issues overlap with the area of negligence. Perhaps the injury to your child was not the result of an intentional act, but rather the result of an \u201caccident.\u201d If so, even accidents are often caused by some failure on the part of the school or other entity.<\/p>\n

What Types of Acts Constitute Negligence by a School?<\/h2>\n

While children are at school, the school provides for almost all of the child’s needs in much the same way as parents do. Schools are obligated to provide shelter, food, transportation, and a generally safe environment. This also means that the opportunities to come up short in providing these services are numerous.<\/p>\n

Generally speaking, if a school fails to follow accepted standards of care in providing those services to a child, and the student is injured because of that failure, then the school is said to be negligent.<\/p>\n

Let’s look at a few examples of how these injuries can occur, and where legal liability might lie.<\/p>\n

A school bus accident could involve:<\/p>\n