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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]None of this navel gazing is relevant. The family is suing whatever entity has money with whatever reason the attorneys felt had legal teeth so the family can get a payout. That’s it. If the shooter had come from a wealthy family they’d be suing them, too, but they’re not. My heart goes out to the victim and his family [b]and I hope they get every penny they seek[/b]. Because at my core, I know in an emergency, all students are only as safe as they are lucky. Not just in schools but literally everywhere with our gun violence problem in this country. [/quote]

I agree with almost everything you said, except the bolded.

Why do you think they should get every penny that they seek?[/quote]

Because it is a living nightmare to have this happen to your child and no one from MCPS ever reached out to the mother to check on her son! Literally horrifying. He was supposed to be safely in the care of his school, protected by MCPS employees (adults) following MCPS procedures (which they screwed up). He will have lifelong injuries, has had expensive medical care, tremendous pain, suffering and trauma, plus the impact this has had on his family. If a payment can ease even a small amount of their suffering and expenses, I hope they can get what they seek. [/quote]

I do feel for this family, and it IS horrible.  But I don't see why that means MCPS or MoCo should pay them.  Lots of horrible tragedies happen all the time.  Would you say that the owner of the physical location where anyone is shot/assaulted/murdered should pay the victim's family?[/quote]

Are you saying MCPS is essentially just a landlord and anything that happens within the walls of the school is none of their responsibility? If anyone hurt your child at school, you wouldn’t be upset with the adults in that school for failing to intervene and protect your child? No, I do not think a random landlord is responsible in the example you gave, and I think suing the county council is a bit of a reach. [/quote]

No, I am not saying that they are not responsible for *anything* that happens within their walls.
Yes, I would be upset with anyone and everyone who could have done a single thing to stop it.  (Interesting that you say "the adults in the school".  You want to sue the teachers and administration personally?)

But what I am saying is that they don't have liability for anything wrong that happens within that school.  If in the middle of class one kid punches the other out of nowhere, should anybody other than the assailant pay any money?  If a child overdoses in the bathroom, is the school responsible?  If a child gets injured during gym class or sports, is the school responsible?

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PP here, and I should add- I do think there are times when a school can be liable for negligence.  But in this case I don't see where the school did, or failed to do, anything that would have prevented this shooting.

I guess, or course, there is always something that could be done- metal detectors, monitors ensuring only one child in a bathroom at a time, pat downs, etc.  But everything, including physical safety, is a cost benefit analysis....[/quote]

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