Legal Opinion
Griswold v. Collins
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 16, 2012No. A12A0808PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McFADDEN, Judge.
Idris Griswold, individually and on behalf of his minor daughter, B. G., brought an action against B. G.’s teacher, Audrey Collins, for assault, battery, and negligence per se based upon Collins’s discipline of B. G. at school. The trial court granted summary judgment to Collins, concluding that she was immune from suit and that her alleged acts did not amount to corporal punishment under OCGA § 20-2-730 et seq. (the basis of Griswold’s negligence per se claim). Griswold appeals. As detailed below, we find that questions of fact as to her entitlement to immunity preclude…
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