Legal Opinion
Patton v. Bickford
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided April 1, 2016No. 2013-SC-000560-DGPublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
JUSTICE VENTERS
Stephen Patton (Stephen) was an eighth-grader at Allen Central Middle School (ACMS) when he committed suicide, allegedly because he was being bullied at school.1 Sheila Patton, as Adminis-tratrix of Stephen’s estate,2 filed this lawsuit alleging various teachers3 and administrators4 knew of, or should have known of, the bullying and taken steps to prevent it.
The circuit court granted summary judgment in favor of the Teachers and the *722Administrators, ruling that they were entitled to the protection of qualified official immunity from this lawsuit. The…
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3Cited by93 opinions
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