I work for an insurance company that handles liability and workers comp. claims. Some of the claims I have seen today:
1. A teacher took a kid's iPod & misplaced it so the child's parents are suing the school. (Why did the child have the iPod there & out where the teacher could take it??)
2. A child was running on a blacktop surface, fell, and broke their arm & the parents are suing the school district. (Falls happen!)
3. Student vandalized a teacher's car (What is that student learning?)
Re: **shaking my head (Work related)
Yeah, I have seen a few like that too.
My absolute favorite was a lady was drunk and was walking home from a bar. She tripped and fell on the side of the road and was suing the city.
Good luck to them on that first one. If the school has a no tolerance policy, it was in the teacher's rights to take it and not give it back. Usually kids aren't supposed to bring any electronics to school, including cellphones and iPods.