Beaufort County School Abuse Attorneys
Filing School Abuse Claims Against Beaufort County School District
Was your child abused or bullied at school in Beaufort County, South Carolina? If they suffered a physical injury or emotional trauma, you may be able to use legal action against the Beaufort County School District for failing to protect your child from harm.
With decades of combined practice experience and a long history of successful case results, our trial lawyers of Bauer & Metro, P.C. are seen as legal leaders for school abuse cases. Partner-Attorney Sam Bauer serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Hilton Head Prep, a local non-profit school for JK-12 education, so he is especially passionate about standing up for the rights of injured and bullied schoolchildren. Let us know right away if your child was abused at school, so we can tell you how to take the first step at securing justice for them.
We can handle claims involving abuse at any Beaufort County School District school, such as:
- Beaufort Elementary School
- Broad River Elementary School
- River Ridge Academy
- Riverview Charter School
- Beaufort Middle School
- Bluffton Middle School
- Battery Creek High School
- Beaufort High School
- Bluffton High School
- Hilton Head Elementary School
- Hilton Head Middle School
- Hilton Head High School
- Many others
See if you have the grounds to file a school abuse lawsuit. Call Bauer & Metro, P.C. in Beaufort County at (843) 920-2844 and request a complimentary consultation.
What is School Abuse?
School abuse can be considered any type of harm inflicted on a student that should have been preventable through reasonable precautions and protocols. It can even take the form of harm caused by neglect, unintentional actions, or a lack of action. In other words, if your child was injured, physically or emotionally, at school, it might constitute school abuse worthy of a lawsuit.
Intentional forms of school abuse or violence typically target a child with a disability or special needs, but not always. School abuse can also harm a student of any age in any grade, not just younger students.
Examples of school abuse include the following and more:
- Physical abuse inflicted by a teacher like slapping, shoving, or hitting
- Physical abuse inflicted by a teacher’s assistant or another school staff member
- Bullying by other students that is left unchecked by school staff
- Emotional abuse inflicted by a teacher like belittling, humiliating, or insulting
Who is Liable for School Abuse?
In many school abuse cases, the school or school district – like Beaufort County School District – is liable for the harm inflicted upon a student.
From a legal standpoint, school abuse claims consider two serious issues:
- Negligence: Schools and school districts are expected to take reasonable steps to protect students from harm, including abuse inflicted by other students (bullies) and staff. If a student is abused, it stands to say that the school was negligent in its methods of enforcing the rules, resulting in the student’s injuries.
- Violation of constitutional rights: When a school fails to protect a student from abuse, it may violate the student's constitutional rights to free public education as expressed in South Carolina’s constitution. If a child is abused at school, they may no longer be able to attend or succeed in school, which could be seen as an indirect yet significant violation of their right to an education.
Damages in a School Abuse Lawsuit
A school abuse lawsuit can help you and your child feel a sense of justice and closure after what happened to them. However, it is important to also acknowledge that it might be a means of securing financial compensation that can help pay for your family’s losses and send a message to the school district about the consequences of failing to protect a student from harm.
Damages that might apply to your school abuse lawsuit filed in South Carolina include:
- Economic: Damages related to any medical care or therapy that your child required after being physically or psychologically injured.
- Non-economic: Damages related to the emotional suffering and traumatization experienced by your child due to the abuse, including fear of future abuse or bullying.
- Punitive: Damages used to penalize the defendant for egregious wrongdoing or negligence; not available in all cases.
We Accept Referrals & Co-Counsels for School Abuse Cases
Our South Carolina school abuse attorneys from Bauer & Metro, P.C. are available for case referrals from other law firms. If you have a client who needs help with a school abuse case but you aren’t sure that your law office has the resources, experience, time, or knowledge to give it the counsel and attention that the case needs, please talk to our legal team about case referrals. We are also available to work as co-counsel for school abuse cases across the state that require additional legal counsel.
Talk to Our Highly Experienced School Abuse Attorneys Today
Your child deserves justice after being abused at school, either by a bully or a teacher. Our Beaufort County school abuse attorneys want to be the legal professionals you trust to secure it for them. If your child was seriously injured at school, let us know right away, so we can begin discussing your legal options as soon as possible.
Use an online contact form or dial (843) 920-2844 now to get a free consultation with Bauer & Metro, P.C..
