Week_2_Activities

Week 2

Throughout the course, you will engage in a whole group discussion around several case studies. These discussions will help you apply your reading to real-world situations. The first liability case study that you will tackle focuses on negligence. 
 * Liability of Public School Systems** (Whole Group)
 * 1) Read the case study below. Do you think it is an example of negligence?
 * Case Study: Negligence** **A fight breaks out during lunch as a result of unresolved issues from a weekend dispute. A student is pushed, hitting his head on a table and loses consciousness. Due to a severe concussion, the student spends two days in the hospital. The parents of the student have retained a lawyer and filed suit against the principal, superintendent, and School Board for the amount of $1,000,000 to cover the student's medical expenses and the family's pain and suffering.**

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 * 1) Next, watch a video clip of a mock deposition related to this case (link found on the right). You will see the attorney representing the student and his parents deposing a teacher who was in the cafeteria when the fight took place. As you watch the video, consider the following questions:
 * //What will the parents have to prove in order to win the case?//
 * //What additional facts would be relevant in determining liability?//
 * //What, if any, defenses do the various defendants have?//
 * //What changes might the principal institute as a result of this case?//
 * 1) After watching the video, respond to the questions listed above in the **Week 2: Negligence** whole group discussion forum.
 * 2) Actively participate in the discussion throughout the week, and contribute at least two additional postings.

**Team Judicial Review** (**Team/Whole Group** )
Before beginning your assigned case, it's important to note a few protocols for completing the team judicial review activities each week. Following these protocols will ensure that your instructor and instructor support can easily locate and access the work that you do throughout the week as you review and summarize your assigned case. Please first review the protocols found on the right. 1. Your team has been assigned a case study from the Reutter textbook, as noted below. Locate and read this case study.  Team's Assigned Cases
 * Introduction:** In this activity, each team will review and summarize a case study involving liability, and then present the case findings to the whole group. By writing the legal summary as a team, you will be able to become more comfortable in writing your summaries for the Superintendent's Memorandum assignment.
 * **Team A:** Wood vs. Strickland
 * **Team B:** Carey vs. Piphus
 * **Team C:** Benitez vs. New York City Board of Education
 * **Team D:** Hunter vs. Board of Ed

2. This week's team facilitator should create a new thread titled, **Week 2: Judicial Review.** The facilitator can lead the team in discussing how to most effectively discuss and organize the work on the case based on the guidelines provided. 3. As a team, develop a summary of your assigned case to share with the class. Use **How to Write a Legal Summary** as a guide. You should also include questions you still have about the case study and any additional comments, including challenges your team faced in responding to the case study.

4. By midnight Saturday, each team's Reporter should post the team’s response as a new, clearly labeled thread in the **Week 2: Team Judicial Review Presentations** discussion forum. If you used a non-ELC tool such as Google Doc, please be sure to provide a public link.

5. By the end of the week, individually review the summaries posted by the other teams. Post a response to each team's summary, by providing feedback to teams, asking questions, or responding to questions posed by the instructor.

Continue to work on your first Legal Summary.
 * Superintendent’s Memorandum** (Individual)