Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Missouri
I'm a bus driver for a school district an a child reported being molested on the back of my bus while I was driving is there any charges or law suits heading my way since I was driving the bus an unable to see this happening.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Unless you otherwise disobeyed the law, you are not likely to prosecuted criminally. But, a civil suit is very tough to predict. It will come down to the facts. Did you or coudl you through reasonalbe attention know about the attqack(s) in time to prevent any of them? And, did you violate any company or school district policies? It is likely that if you get sued, so will the bus company and the school district. In that case, they may provide an atttorney to represent you, in addition to the other defendants. But, you might want to get yrou own counsle to avodi (pardon the pun) getting thrown unde the bus to