Legal Opinion
Banks v. Sellers
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 9, 1982No. Record 791850PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
In this appeal the sole issue is whether a plea of sovereign immunity is available to a division superintendent of schools and a high school principal in a negligence action.1
B. Lynette Banks, a public high school student, was cut and stabbed by another student, Novita L. Goode, on school premises during school hours. Banks alleges that Joseph B. Sellers, Division Superintendent of Henrico County Public Schools, and Colin G. Steele, Principal of Henrico High School, negligently failed to provide a safe environment for her.
I. Present State of the Law.
In recent years, we have considered several…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- James v. JaneSupreme Court of Virginia · 1980
- Lawhorne v. HarlanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1973
- Kellam v. School Board of City of NorfolkSupreme Court of Virginia · 1960
- Crabbe v. School Board and AlbriteSupreme Court of Virginia · 1968
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Messina v. BurdenSupreme Court of Virginia · 1984
- Fox v. CustisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
- Burns v. GagnonSupreme Court of Virginia · 2012
- Bowers v. COM., DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS & TRANSP.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1983
- Linhart v. LawsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 2001
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