Responsibility of physical education teacher: consequences of the legal claims in accidents

• Main Author: Roberto Silva Piñeiro
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: ADIDE Federación 2015-12-01
• Series: Avances en Supervisión Educativa
• Subjects: demanda; accidente; profesor; educación física
• Online Access: https://avances.adide.org/index.php/ase/article/view/10

Being physical education an area that collects some case law, and that the professionalization required studies specifically, a review of appeals and complaints concerning accidents in school physical education, including sessions inside and outside. It was studied the sense of judicial and administrative resolutions about school accidents in physical education in Spain between 1988-2012, and its effects on physical education professionals. Most opinions and judgments studied the claims were rejected for various reasons, among them the casuality and risk taking, although there are outstanding judgments, blaming the teacher for not being present in class and for not preventing situations. The administration usually paid, although in some cases the teacher also participates.