Parks v. Atlanta Public School System Board of Education

Deen, Presiding Judge.

In February of 1974 appellant Bruce Dozier, son of appellant Mattie Ruth Parks and star running back of his high school football team, was involved in a tragic accident which left him paralyzed from the neck down. While running a drill during the Spring practice following his junior season, Dozier collided head-on with a teammate and broke his neck. He was immediately taken by ambulance to the *573Atlanta hospital designated by the school system for treatment of sports-related injuries, and subsequently underwent extensive treatment in Atlanta and in a California facility…