Legal Opinion

Dennis Ray Hennefer v. Blaine County School District 61

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided March 30, 2015No. 41286PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

J. JONES, Justice.

The appellant, Blaine County School District # 61 (School), appeals from a jury verdict and post-trial orders favoring the respondents, Dennis and Maryann Hennefer, the parents of Austin Hennefer, who died in a T-bone type automobile accident while performing a three-point turnabout at the instruction of Jeffrey Mecham, a School driver training instructor. The jury returned a special verdict, finding Austin’s death resulted from Mecham’s reckless conduct. It found Mecham 100% responsible for the death and the School, Mecham’s employer, liable for non-economic damages…

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  5. Rockefeller v. GrabowIdaho Supreme Court · 2001

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