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Title of the Case : McGee , Appellant , vs . I . S . D . No . 361 and Jon Alan Pearson , defendants . [State of Minnesota in Court of Appeals c7-97-2000 .]

General application to appropriate and inappropriate teacher conduct

The conduct of the teacher in this case is very inappropriate since he sexually-abused the student who had a behavioral problem . As a result the victim 's family d a case against the teacher named John Alan Pearson (Findlaw , 2008 . The case was accompanied with demand for damages and founded on

the grounds of respondeat superior , negligence assault against the student , and for causing intentional infliction of emotional problems (Findlaw , 2008

Issues involved in the case

The issues involved in the case are whether or not the school district is liable for a teacher 's torts that are intentional . The victim also moved that the trial court wrongly resolved the factual issues and abuse of discretion by not granting the motion for continuance d by him (Findlaw , 2008

Ruling in the case

The ruling of the case provides that there is no liability for a school district on account of a teacher who committed an intentional wrong against a student (Findlaw , 2008 . The ruling would still apply although the immoral act happened within boundaries of work-related things (Findlaw , 2008 . The act of Pearson is not also foreseeable and is not related to the duty of a teacher in to fall in the exception . Even though the Rule 56 .05 affidavit has only a conclusion statement that there has been deficient time to complete findings and the court is disinclined to overturn an exercise of its discretion , the court conclude discovery on the concern of the school 's inquiry of McGee 's 1986 complaint will expose substantial facts (Findlaw , 2008 . Because of that , the Honorable concluded that the lower court was wrong in not exercising proper discretion by not granting the motion for continuance d by McGee . In these situations , we conclude the trial court abused the available prudence by refusing to grant McGee , the victim , a continuance to conduct additional discovery (Findlaw , 2008

Comments on the case

The case is an example of fully protecting an innocent student in school . The decision is proper since it is an act of compassion for children who had emotional problems . The inappropriateness of the teacher 's behavior must be punished in accordance with law

Brief summary of the other two cases

There will be two cases to be discussed in this page . The first one is the case of Moses in representation of her underage son , Appellant v Minneapolis Public Schools , respondent . The appellant has a minor son who is suffering of congenital myopathy or weakening of the muscles (Findlaw , 2008 . By means of agreement , the Jefferson Elementary School allowed her son to be accepted in the school knowing the said physical defect of her son . The case started when there was a fire drill in the school . It was found out...