This chapter reports cases that involve some type of tort claim within the school context. Torts are civil claims brought against a person or organization on grounds that the person or organization violated a responsibility not to injure another party. Most of the cases discussed deal with accusations that the school or an employee of the school was negligent in not exercising reasonable care to prevent injury to a student. Defenses against the charge of negligence (including immunity, assumption of risk on the part of the injured party, contributory negligence, statute of limitations, notice of claim, and comparative negligence) are also discussed. While most of the torts are a matter of state law, federal tort law exists. It is based on damages that can be sought by injured parties who claim to have been deprived of a constitutional or federal statutory claim. (Author/IRT)