· 1/15/2003
Doe v. Dimovski
Citations
- 783 N.E.2d 193
- 336 Ill. App. 3d 292
- 270 Ill. Dec. 618
- 2003 Ill. App. LEXIS 42
How courts have described this case
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- recognizing the school board’s potential liability to several of its female students with whom the abusive teacher had daily contact
- recognizing the school board’s potential liability to several of its female students with whom the abusive teacher had daily contact
- finding that a complaint adequately alleged willful and wanton conduct where the board “fail[ed] to do anything upon learning of the sexual transgressions of a teacher with a student”
- finding that a female student adequately pled foreseeability of sexual abuse by a teacher where she pled facts suggesting that another student previously complained to the school about the teacher’s sexual abuse
- finding allegations that the school board knew of a teacher’s sexual misconduct with one female student sufficient to show a conscious disregard for the safety of other female students
- stating standard of “reasonable cause to believe” abuse is occurring is objective standard decided by reasonable person, not subjective belief decided by school officials
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Judges: Byrne
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