Negligence Case Study Assignment
Assignment Instructions:
Answer the following discussion questions for each of the two cases. Use complete
sentences and support your responses with legal reasoning. Provide references in APA
style at the end of the document.
Case #1: Gill v. Tamalpais Union High School District
1. What is the legal issue? (pose in the form of a question)
2. Does the plaintiff (Coomer) achieve all four elements of a negligence case?
3. What precedent is set in this case?
4. As a sport employee/worker, what issues/benefits does this case create?
Case #2: Baker-Goines v. First Baptist School of Charleston
1. What is the legal issue? (pose in the form of a question)
2. Does the plaintiff (Hackbart) achieve all four elements of a negligence case?
3. What precedent is set in this case?
4. As a sport employee/worker, what issues/benefits does this case create?
Assignment Instructions:
Answer the following discussion questions for each of the two cases. Use complete
sentences and support your responses with legal reasoning. Provide references in APA
style at the end of the document.
Case #1: Gill v. Tamalpais Union High School District
1. What is the legal issue? (pose in the form of a question)
2. Does the plaintiff (Coomer) achieve all four elements of a negligence case?
3. What precedent is set in this case?
4. As a sport employee/worker, what issues/benefits does this case create?
Case #2: Baker-Goines v. First Baptist School of Charleston
1. What is the legal issue? (pose in the form of a question)
2. Does the plaintiff (Hackbart) achieve all four elements of a negligence case?
3. What precedent is set in this case?
4. As a sport employee/worker, what issues/benefits does this case create?
