O'Dell Ex Rel. O'Dell v. School District of Independence
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
DONNELLY, Chief Justice.
This is an action for damages involving the governmental immunity rule.
Plaintiffs’ petition against the School District of Independence, Missouri, alleges that on February 3, 1971, Harry O’Dell, Jr., while a student at William Chrisman Senior High School, and while participating in wrestling practice, was injured when a physical education coach applied an illegal wrestling hold on him.
Plaintiffs’ petition was dismissed by the trial court and plaintiffs appealed.
In their brief, plaintiffs come directly to the point and “assign as error the ruling of this court that the…
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