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Seemingly insignificant facts can sometimes have a huge effect on a case. In a recent case<\/a>, a lawsuit against a bus driver transporting students to a football game was dismissed because the bus was bringing students to an extracurricular activity rather than\u00a0to attend classes. This seemingly insignificant fact ended up actually being very important, since\u00a0this meant that the school was not liable under the statute under which the plaintiff brought the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Often, cases are dismissed because a board of education and its employees are immune from certain lawsuits. However, a state statute created a waiver that allowed lawsuits against county and city boards of education for the negligent operation of \u201cschool buses\u201d and \u201cschool transportation service vehicles\u201d in certain circumstances.<\/p>\n

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