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discussing the DOE's statutory duty to protect its students from reasonably foreseeable harm, and the special relationship with its students, which obligates the DOE to exert reasonable care in ensuring each student's safety and welfare, as would a reasonably prudent parent
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No. CAAP–11–0000413.
2014-01-10
Janae D. VICTOR, Individually and as Prochein Ami of Sinjin Victor, a Minor, Plaintiffs–Appellants, v. Michael C. KOGA, Doreen F. Koga, Defendants–Appellees, and Lyle M. Nonaka and Doe One through Doe Ten, Defendants.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the First Circuit (Civil No. 09–1–2122). Joyce J. Uehara and Dan S. Ikehara, on the briefs, for Plaintiffs–Appellants. Randall Y.S. Chung and Milton S. Tani (Chung & Ikehara), on the briefs, for Michael C. Koga and Doreen F. Koga, Defendants–Appellees.