Legal Opinion
Betsy Sue Johnson v. Elk Lake School District Wayne Stevens Charlotte A. Slocum School Board Elk Lake School District
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 1, 2002No. 00-1549PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Chief Judge.
This case arises out of plaintiff Betsy Sue Johnson’s claim that her guidance counselor Wayne Stevens sexually harassed and abused her while she was a high school student in the Elk Lake School District. Johnson sought damages from Stevens in the District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, claiming violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state tort law. Johnson also sought damages from the School District, the Elk Lake School Board, and District Superintendent Charlotte Slocum (to whom we shall collectively refer as “the Administration”),…
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