Can a student who is sexually harassed or molested by a teacher at an educational institution sue that educational institution for damages?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Randi W. v. Livingston Union School Dist., 41 Cal.App.4th 400, 49 Cal.Rptr.2d 471 (Cal. App. 1995):
Title IX does permit students of a defined "educational institution" who are sexually harassed or molested by a teacher to sue that educational institution for damages. (See Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools (1992) 503 U.S. 60, 64-65, 76, 112 S.Ct. 1028, 1031-1032, 1038, 117 L.Ed.2d 208.)
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