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  • Doe v. The Hill Sch.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-24
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge McHugh
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 23-1210

    Preliminary injunction to enjoin student's expulsion from residential boarding school denied where student handbook granted school officials wide discretion to discipline students for conduct unrelated to their substance use, and student's misconduct that led to expulsion did not involve his substance use. Plaintiff's motion for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction denied.

  • Brooklyn S.-M. v. Upper Darby Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-27
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Brody
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-5164

    Plaintiffs, a minor child and her mother, moved for judgment on the administrative record in their suit alleging that a school district failed to provide child a free appropriate public education. Court denied the motion.

  • R.S. v. Lower Merion Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-13
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Savage
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-3478

    Court issued injunction to return student to his regular school where new evidence demonstrated that student's bipolar and manic-depressive conditions were under control with treatment and that student would suffer irreparable harm if denied the academic and extracurricular opportunities in the regular educational setting. Plaintiff's motion to supplement the record and for temporary injunction granted.

  • Connor J. v. Kennett Consol. Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-27
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Pappert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-4495

    Although statute of limitations for denial of FAPE claim did not begin to run until parents received documentation indicating that school district may have failed to provide appropriate educational services, dismissal of claim under statute of limitations was harmless where record established that student had not been denied a FAPE. Parties' cross-motions for summary judgment denied.

  • Souderton Charter Sch. Collaborative v. Souderton Area Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-13
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 237 C.D. 2021

    School district appealed trial court's grant of summary judgment to charter school in its action challenging district's conditions for renewing charter school's charter, relating to employee healthcare benefits and teacher certification, and court found trial court did not err in finding district unlawfully amended school's charter and court held district could only renew, not renew or revoke the charter. Affirmed.

  • Doe v. Moravian Coll.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-06
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Gallagher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 5:20-cv-00377-JMG

    Title IX claims arising from alleged sexual assault dismissed where claims sought emotional distress damages that were unavailable in a cause of action under a federal statute enacted pursuant to the Spending Clause. Defendant's motion for summary judgment granted.

  • G.W. v. Avonworth Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-23
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Allegheny County
    Judge: Judge Hertzberg
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: SA 22-0129

    The court found for plaintiff parents in a local agency law matter involving an educational dispute. Although defendant school district argued that the student was not entitled to receive a free education because he did not reside in the district's geographic boundaries, the court found that defendant had merely made inferences that the student was residing with his mother outside of the boundaries, rather than spending equal amounts of time with both parents as discussed in 22 Pa.Code §11.11(a).

  • O'Keefe v. Lehigh Univ.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-23
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Younge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-cv-0884-JMY

    Defendants moved for summary judgment in plaintiff's action asserting false arrest and imprisonment, assault and battery and forcible administration of a breathalyzer test by police and breach of contract by university in plaintiff's arrest and expulsion for public drunkenness and court found plaintiff's claims against police failed because he pled guilty to public drunkenness and claims against university failed because he was afforded fundamental fairness in accordance with the terms of the student handbook. Motion granted.

  • Doe v. Abington Friends Sch.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-19
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Pappert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-0014

    Parents of school student sufficiently alleged breach of school handbook where school failed to promptly investigate and respond to incidents of bullying or harassment after parents reported each incident their child suffered to school officials. Defendant's motion to dismiss denied in part and granted in part.

  • Save Our Saltsburg Sch. v. River Valley Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-21
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Cannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 1140 C.D. 2021

    Trial court properly sustained appellees' preliminary objections in appellants' action to stop closure of a school and arguing a due process right to education at the school of one's choice and a fiduciary duty by school board to the community as regards the school closure. Affirmed.