Legal Opinion
Moore v. Houston County Board of Education
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided August 23, 2011No. M2010-02166-COA-R3-CVPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · DinkinsRichard H. Dinkins, J.
in which PATRICIA J. COTTRELL, P.J., M.S., and ANDY D. BENNETT, J., joined.
This matter arises from an assault of a student which occurred at Houston County Middle School. The parents of the victim sued the Houston County Board of Education, two HCMS students who participated in the assault, and the mothers of the students involved in the attack. Following a bench trial, the court granted Plaintiffs a judgment for $50,578.97. The court determined that the school board was 25 percent at fault; the court also found that the school board was immune pursuant to the discretionary function…
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