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1966

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Implications Of Tort Liability In Utah For Accidents In Physical Education And Related Areas, S. Willard Jessop May 1966

Implications Of Tort Liability In Utah For Accidents In Physical Education And Related Areas, S. Willard Jessop

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The purpose of this study is to review the literature of the past twenty years as it relates to tort liability of school districts, boards of education, and teachers, with special emphasis on the field of physical education and related activities such as intramurals and inter-scholastic competition.

Recent legislation passed by the Utah legislature is cited. In certain instances this will be contrasted with older laws and practices which still prevail in a good number of states.