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  • Doe v. N. Penn Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-14
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Robreno
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-5142

    Student granted partial summary judgment on Title XI claim where there was no genuine dispute that school district acted with deliberate indifference when teacher failed to report or appropriately respond to a witnessed student-on-student sexual assault. Plaintiff's partial motion for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part; defendant's cross-motion for summary judgment denied.

  • A.M. v. Wallingford-Swarthmore Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-10
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Goldberg
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-cv-1926

    School district provided student with a free appropriate public education because district offered student an education that was appropriately ambitious in light of student's unique characteristics and student's continued struggles with writing assignments at private school showed his struggles at school district were not due to inadequate services from district. Affirmed.

  • Cent. Bucks Sch. Dist. v. Q.M.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-03
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Kearney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-1128

    Hearing officer correctly found that school district failed to provide free appropriate public education for student suffering from genetic disorder causing insatiable need to eat where IEP failed to ensure constant food secure environment, whereas residential private school could offer such an environment and therefore parents were entitled to tuition reimbursement. Parties' cross-motions for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part.

  • Morgan v. Vall. Forge Military Acad. & Coll.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-29
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Alejandro
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-0970

    Due process and equal protection claims arising from discipline imposed by private school failed as a matter of law where private schools were not state actors under §1983. Defendant's motion to dismiss granted.

  • Commonwealth v. Detwiler

    Publication Date: 2022-08-08
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Columbia County
    Judge: Judge Norton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-0814

    Court denied habeas corpus request in a case arising from parents' refusal to wear a mask while attending a school board meeting. Although the parents argued the school board had no power to enforce a masking policy, the court noted that under the Pennsylvania education code, broad authority is given to school districts to carry out their duties, including that of maintaining health within their buildings. Therefore, the court concluded the board did not abuse its implicit authority by mandating a mask requirement.

  • A.S. v. Colonial Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-25
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Pratter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-0837

    Parents moved for judgment on the administrative record and court found district erred in placing child in local public school because the placement directly contradicted expert's recommendation, district and parents had an enforceable agreement to send child to the expert-recommended school and the equities supported full tuition reimbursement. Motion granted.

  • Peters Twp. Sch. Dist. v. B.B.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-25
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
    Judge: District Judge Eddy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-0830

    School district sought summary judgment in parents' due process complaint arguing district's proposed program for student was inadequate, denied the student a FAPE, violated the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Rehabilitation Act and court found hearing officer erred in finding that district did not provide student with a FAPE when it failed to consider evaluating student for autism. Motion granted.

  • Cartee-Haring v. Central Bucks Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-18
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Baylson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-0799

    Plaintiff moved for partial summary judgment in her Equal Pay Act action asserting she and other female teachers were paid less than male teachers and court found school district created a genuine issue of material fact as to whether factors other than sex explained the pay differential. Motion denied.

  • Buccigrossi v. Thomas Jefferson Univ.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-09
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Younge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-0508

    Contract claims against university for switching to remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic failed where university had made no express contractual promise for in-person instruction, and no such obligation was recognized by applicable law as an implied contract. Defendant's motion to dismiss granted.

  • Nkrumah v. Univ. of Pittsburgh

    Publication Date: 2022-05-02
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
    Judge: District Judge Colville
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-0485

    Title IX claims arising from university sexual assault investigation denied where subject of the assault complaint was afforded same procedural mechanisms as his accuser, and there was no evidence that the result of the investigation or the sanctions imposed were motivated by gender. Defendant's motion for summary judgment granted.