Constitutional Law,
Criminal
Nov. 21, 2023
School districts are circumventing sexual abuse claims via gifts of public funds clause
School districts continue to throw illegitimate roadblocks to their responsibility to protect minor students from sexual abuse by their teachers.
Lauren A. Cerri
Attorney
Corsiglia, McMahon & Allard LLP
96 N 3rd St Ste 620
San Jose , CA 95112
Phone: (408) 289-1417
Fax: (408) 289-8127
Email: lcerri@cmalaw.com
University of Connecticut SOL; Hartford CT
Laura Liccardo
Law Office of Laura S. Liccardo
PO Box 8626
San Jose , CA 95155
Phone: (408) 264-8026
Email: LLiccardo2@aol.com
For three decades, our jurisprudence has recognized the duty of a school district to protect its students from molestation by its teachers. (Virginia G. v. ABC Unified School Dist. (1993) 15 Cal.App.4th 1848, 1854.)
For two decades, the Legislature has enacted laws to afford access to justice for victims who were sexually abused as minors. Yet at each turn, school districts have found loopholes, endorsed by fata...
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