Dollarway School District v. Lovelace

Karenn R. Baker, Judge.

Appellants challenge the award of benefits to appellee, Barbara Lovelace, the widow of Jeffrey Lovelace. Mr. Lovelace was the principal at Dollarway Junior High School for appellant, Dollarway School District. On February 16, 2001, there was an altercation between two female students, and Mr. Lovelace was involved in breaking up the fight. Shortly after this incident, he was at the hospital where he was found outside the emergency room on a bench. After efforts to revive him were unsuccessful, Mr. Lovelace was pronounced dead on arrival by the emergency room physician,…