Can You Sue a School for Emotional Distress? | Education Attorney

Описание: https://educationattorney.com/ -- It’s not uncommon for children to experience emotional distress in school. Whether it’s bullying, the fear of being embarrassed or humiliated, or a traumatic event that takes place on campus, such as a shooting, the effects of these events can last long after they’ve happened. This is because children are still developing, and their brains have yet to fully mature. In some cases, this emotional distress may even lead to psychological problems like depression or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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While lawsuits against schools for emotional distress are not common, in some extreme situations, you may be able to sue a school when your child suffers emotional distress due to an incident at school.

What Are the 5 Signs of Emotional Suffering?
As a parent, the five signs of emotional suffering that you should be familiar with include:

Personality changes
Being uncharacteristically angry, anxious, agitated, or moody
Withdrawing or isolating from other people
Neglecting self-care and engaging in risky behavior
Overcome with hopelessness and overwhelmed by circumstances
If your child starts to exhibit any of these signs, it may mean that they are suffering from emotional distress.

How Can You Take Legal Action Against a School?
Under the “sovereign immunity” granted to government entities, schools and school districts are generally protected from lawsuits. However, most districts create exclusions from their immunity and allow people to sue them under very limited circumstances.

If your child suffered emotional distress at school, you might be able to take legal action against the school, regardless of whether the cause also involved a physical injury. Particularly, when your child’s emotional distress was inflicted by a teacher or other school employee, or as a result of an unsafe environment or persistent course of bullying, you may be able to pursue a cause of action for intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress against a school.

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