Legal Opinion

Kerns v. Independent School District No. 31

District Court, N.D. Oklahoma

Decided September 8, 2014No. Case No. 13-CV-290-TCK-PJCPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

TERENCE KERN, District Judge.

Before the Court is Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 37). For reasons explained below, the Court grants summary judgment on the constitutional claim and denies summary judgment on the negligence claim.

I. Procedural History

This suit was brought in state court by Plaintiffs Duane and Donna Kerns (“Parents”), individually and as the next of kin and natural parents of their deceased son, Colton Kerns (“Colton”), against Independent School District No. 31 of Ottawa County (“School District”) and Superintendent Mark Alexander (“Alexander”)…

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