can a teacher really be sued in the state of georgia for liability since covered by sovereign immunity?
553335
Your question is confusing. You only mention liability. Please be more specific.
1118567
The entire school system of DeKalb County Georgia uses the  High/Scope method for their publically-funded pre-K program.  The entire State of Georgia may use it but I'm not positive about that.
274637
I guess I can assume you aren't unionized.  If you are speak to your union rep.  If not I'm sure you could find a lawyer that can help you by looking in the phone book.  Or, maybe you could ask one of the teachers thats been working at the school for a long time if they know of someone you could speak to.
921827
there are rules in each state for suing a state official.  Most states have in their constitution that citizens of the state are allowed to sue state officials, and usually give the rules to do so.\n\nMost of this depends on if you are suing them over doing something in their legal capacity.  If you are suing them for, say, hitting you with their car, you wouldn't be suiing them in their official capacity anyway, you would be suing them.
838217
She could still have a claim.  The question is what would it be?  If she claims that she was defrauded out of her property by excessive billing that she could not pay, or by repairs that were not legitimate in nature she could sue.\n\nStatutes of Limitations are always at a minimum 1 year for private actions (except for certain actions against government agencies).  Usually for fraud the SOL is more than a year...so I would say yes she still has a claim.
567575
I'm a 3rd year law student and I am going to say "yep". Generally speaking, tou can pretty much always sue someone for negligence (or an intentional tort). Plaintiffs just need four things: (1) Duty [to the child], (2) Breach of that duty, (3)Causation- "but for" this, that wouldn't have happened and proximate causation (see a lawyer for explanation) and (4)damages.  The question and issue in this case is going to be "Are the parents at fault for the child being in the drive thru and getting hit?" If so, this could lead to contributory negligence which, in some states, will totally bar any recovery for the parents. In other states, known as comparative negligence states, it will reduce the amount of damages the parents can recover---it just depends on the state. I would consult a lawyer to tell you the law of the state and to apply the law to your specific facts.
1017300
You would probably go to the GA state government  or the GBI website and see if it can't be found there.  Or go to the specific county and look it up.  I live in Forsyth County, GA and we can go to this county and find out there.
597696
The best answer I could possibly give would be to consult with the teachers association as well, possibly the school board. This is a tough spot your in and I understand you are at a loss as to what to do but those are the only options you have unless you take legal action.
539317
There is probably a statute of limitations, where you can only sue/be prosecuted within a certain time frame around when the original problem happened.  You'd need to check if it is less than 6.5 years.  Even then it can be hard to prosecute against.
1139362
The issue here is one called "jurisdiction" - the question of whether a court in a particular location has the legal ability to "hear" a claim on a particular subject.  There are two types of jurisdiction - personal jurisdiction (the ability to hear a case based on the parties themselves and where they're from) and subject matter (the topic of the claim) jurisdiction, and the court has to have both in order to hear the claim.  In other words, if the court has one but not the other, then they can't hear the claim.\n\nSo, for your particular question, if I understand it correctly, you were in another state and were hurt by someone while there.  You returned home and now you want to sue.  So, in general, any state's court system definitely has subject matter jurisdiction over torts (claims from one person against another person).  But the problem is personal jurisdiction.  Since the party that hurt you did so in another state, you have two places where you can file... the state where the defendant resides, or the state where the damage was "incurred" (where you were hurt).  Thus, if by chance the defendant is from your state, you can then sue in your state.\n\nGood luck!
840015
Yes he can sue, but the cost for him and the chance of collecting would seem a waste of time. He can sue about anything, but she would have had to have made statements to slander his character or position and they would have to be false. It would be up to him and his attorney to prove this, and than a jury would deliberate  on  a finding as this is civil litigation and if true than damages cold be awarded.  It is not much of case, better known as he said , she said and not many attorneys would take that type of case unless there was some real money involved.
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The Wikipedia entry gives a good little background summary, something like this: \n\nIn late 1828, the state of Georgia was afraid the federal government would not be able to follow through on their promise to remove the Cherokee Nation from Georgia. So the state started taking steps to strip the Cherokee Nation of their rights, in the hopes of forcing them out. In the usual manner of things (lawsuits, lobbying, etc.), the case wound up in the Supreme Court.\n\nA Cherokee delegation selected William Wirt as their defense, and asked for -- and here I'm going to quote Wiki directly as it's hard to paraphrase ...\n\n"an injunction, claiming that Georgia's state legislature had created laws which, "go directly to annihilate the Cherokees as a political society". Wirt argued that "the Cherokee Nation [was] a foreign nation in the sense of our constitution and law..." and was not subject to Georgia's jurisdiction. Wirt asked the Supreme Court to null and void all Georgia laws extended over Cherokee territory on the grounds that they violated the U.S. Constitution, United States-Cherokee treaties, and United States intercourse laws.\n\nThe injunction was denied, on the grounds that the Cherokee people, not being a state, and claiming to be independent of the United States, were a domestic dependent nation, over which the Supreme Court had no original jurisdiction. Although the Court determined that it did not have original jurisdication in this case, the Court held open the possibility that it yet might rule in favor of the Cherokee."\n\nThe other site I've linked to looks like the official ruling on the case. (With all its lovely legalese)
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i am an atty in nebraska so i don't know the law specifically in your state (unless it's neb, of course) but public officials are governed by specific statutes. normally the law is the same in that all people must be honest, not hide important facts ( in contract law) and not hurt people (in tort law), but in old english law the king and country could not be sued so gov't officials were protected. but all states passed laws subjecting themselves to suit, but the rules are very specific when it is allowed, and what notice requirements are necessary. the statute of limitations is also different. good luck
1171606
Depending on the charge(s), the age of the perpetrator, and any statute of limitations; if no other violations exist, you can write a letter of exponent to the Governors office.\n\nIt has been done
314405
Kids usually get away with stuff like that, unless they accused a teacher.  If it is proven that they falsely accuse a teacher, they will get all kinds of hell from the school, including at least a suspension.
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http://www.legis.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/gl_codes_detail.pl?code=1-1-1
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You have to be ESOL certified in Georgia.