Zirkel: Lawsuits against schools after students’ suicide deaths is rising

Perry Zirkel, a professor emeritus at Lehigh University who has studied lawsuits against schools after students’ suicide deaths, said the number of lawsuits was rising, though the suits are rarely decided in favor of the families.

“I do see an increasing number of liability cases,” Mr. Zirkel said, “in the wake of a tragic suicide, the family suing the school district, saying you could have done more and if you had done so my child would not have committed suicide.”