However, generally, the knowledge of one Board member who does not disclose that knowledge to the Board will not be imputed to the rest of the Board. In any case, that issue is unlikely to matter because of the school's liability in negligence even without knowledge.
Question # 3
As previously discussed, the school is likely to be found liable to Anna for Title VII discrimination by virtue of her age because it allowed Forester to create a hostile work environment by failing to discipline either Forester or DuFrane, the other male teacher who made the hostile statement. The school will argue that even under those facts, the severity and extent of the statements were insufficient to justify liability because they amounted to only two isolated statements. Anna will likely prevail on her sexual harassment claim because the one incident will be sufficient to establish liability, particularly because the offender retaliated against her by assigning less desirable duties and because the school failed to respond appropriately to that situation. Anna does not have a valid claim against the school for the damages she suffered from the initial stabbing or for her medical expenses necessitated by it because the risk to which she was exposed was no different from the types of...
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