Legal Opinion
Horace Mann Insurance v. Richards
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided June 4, 1998No. 27A04-9712-CV-548PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTINGLY, Judge.
Horace Mann Insurance Company (Horace Mann) appeals the denial of its original and renewed motions for summary judgment in a breach of contract action brought against it by Peggy Richards (Richards). Horace Mann raises a single issue, 1 which we restate as: whether a teacher’s involvement in a fight between two of her students is within the scope of her “educational employment activities” when the fight takes place at her home after school hours but arises out of her disciplinary actions against the students at school?
We reverse.
FACTS 2
In January of 1991, Peggy…
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- Trotter v. NelsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
- Landis v. AMERICAN INTERINSURANCE EXCH., INC.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1989
- Horace Mann Insurance v. ForeDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1992
- Horace Mann Insurance v. Analisa N.California Court of Appeal · 1989
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