Quote Originally Posted by Cataholic
Well, on those facts alone: no one. Liability stems from negligence. A bad outcome doesn't equal a bad act. Not to mention that slip and falls are an uphill battle at best, for the slippee. The law presumes a certain amount of liability on the slippee.

Those aren't the facts that Richard gave us.
What I am trying to establish here is Duty of Care !!!!!!
Has the teacher a duty of care for the student ?????
And therefore, if the teacher allowed the student to simply walk out of the classroom for no reason other than the student didn't want to be there.....is the teacher guilty of breach of duty of care ???? (Assuming that the student fell down the stairs after he left the class.) And isn't the teacher responsible for that student whilst he is in his care ????
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