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**Case Studies**


 * Does the teacher have a duty to remain in her classroom at all times while her pupils are present in class? **

**The Situation** During a lunch period the teacher was out of the room eating lunch. A student entered the shop class and cut his hand while using a bench saw.

The Florida court allowed the student who cut his hand on a bench saw in the school shop to submit his case to a jury even though the accident occurred during lunch period while the teacher was out of the room. School officials objected that they had no duty to supervise the room at all times. The court disagreed, concluding that the risk of harm was reasonably foreseeable.
 * The Decision**

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