Ronnie Lee S. v. Mingo County Board of Education

McHUGH, Justice:

This action is before this Court upon an appeal from the final order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia, entered on June 25, 1996. The appellants are Ronnie Lee S. (an autistic child born in March 1987) and his parents. 1 The appellees are the Mingo County Board of Education and various teachers and employees thereof. This action concerns a claim by the appellants for damages and injunctive relief arising out of the appellees’ alleged frequent and injurious use of a device known as the “love bug” employed to strap Ronnie Lee S. to a chair while he attended…