Quote Originally Posted by wombat2u2004
A question !!!!!
Assuming the teacher did nothing to prevent the boy from leaving the class, and then the boy walked out of the door, tripped and fell down the school steps, broke his neck and became a paraplegic for life.
What would be the outcome ???? Who would be liable ?????
Tell me.
Wom

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.