Legal Opinion
Leeann Mitchell, Individually, and on Behalf of D.E., Her Minor Child v. Cedar Rapids Community School District
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 21, 2013No. 12–0794PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HECHT, Justice.
The mother of a special education student sued the student’s school district for damages the student sustained in an after-hours, off-campus sexual assault by another student. A jury found the school district negligent in failing to adequately supervise the special education student and awarded damages. We affirm the jury verdict.
I. Factual and Procedural Background.
In the fall of 2007, fourteen-year-old D.E. was a ninth-grade special education student at Cedar Rapids Community School District’s Kennedy High School (Kennedy). D.E. has an IQ of 67 and was a Level II special…
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