If your child is the victim of school bullying or violence, you can seek compensations to pay for their suffering and medical bills. In addition to seeking compensation, a personal injury lawyer can help you hold the adults who hurt your child accountable for their negligence.
Creating Context
School bullying and violence are rarely singular events. Your personal injury lawyer can recoup large settlements if they can show the context of the event(s) that caused your child so much pain.
Digital Timeline
One of the most pernicious aspects of school bullying is that it often doesn't end with the school day. In most cases of school bullying and violence, the victim is tormented by their assailant on social media and other digital platforms. Every menacing text message or aggressive social media post can show the full extent of the suffering and intimidation your child suffered at the hands of a bully. Because gathering this information can be both painful and embarrassing, a personal injury lawyer can utilize computer forensics professionals to gather and catalog information from your child's devices and social media accounts.
Missed Signs
In many bullying and assault cases teachers, school administrators, resource officers, teachers, counselors, and/or coaches failed to see the warning signs that something was very wrong. If you can show proof that you and/or your child expressed your concerns to someone employed by the school, you can file a lawsuit for negligence. When pursuing negligence cases against a school or school district, your personal injury lawyer will need records of your correspondences with school officials. If you can't provide emails or letters, you can recount conversations or meetings you might have had instead.
Pinning the Perpetrator
Beginning the healing process can be difficult. This is particularly true if your child feels like the perpetrator of their injuries is not held accountable.
Reconciliation
If your child was injured by a minor, your personal injury lawyer can sue their legal guardians. When bringing suit against the perpetrator's guardians, your personal injury lawyer will need to prove that they were aware of their child's behavior and chose not to intervene effectively. To meet this burden of proof, your personal injury lawyer can file paperwork to compel the school district to release documents about overlapping disciplinary documents. This means documents that include your child's name and the names of the perpetrators. If your child's name is not included in the documents, your personal injury lawyer won't be able to access them.
To learn more, contact a firm like the Law Office of Robert Karwin.
