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Corporal punishment

BALTIMORE — A federal court in Maryland declined to dismiss negligence, battery and civil rights claims brought against a teacher by the parents of an elementary student who the teacher allegedly slammed to the floor, then asked other students to raise their hands if they had been bullied by him.

/ November 6, 2023

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Categories / Briefs, Education, Personal Injury

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