Can a school board be held liable for failing to prevent a teacher making sexual contact with a student?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from F.S.M. v. Clarke, 1999 CanLII 9405 (BC SC):
In Lyth v. Dagg, (1989), 46 C.C.L.T. 25 (B.C.S.C.) there was insufficient proof that a school board knew or ought to have known that a teacher was making sexual overtures to students so to found a claim in negligence for failure to take preventative action.
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