Legal Opinion
Payne v. Twiggs County School District
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 13, 1998No. A98A0340PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pope, Presiding Judge.
Natasha Payne, a student at Twiggs County Comprehensive Middle/High School, was cut in the face by another student, Andrea Smith, during a fight on the school bus in May 1993. Payne sued the Twiggs County School District, assistant principal James Basley, and bus driver Ernestine Bowden. Payne claimed Basley and Bow-den knew Smith regularly carried a knife on school property and had threatened Payne with the knife but failed to protect Payne by enforcing the rules prohibiting students from carrying weapons on school property. The trial court granted summary judgment to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gilbert v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- Coffee County School District v. SnipesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
- Wright v. AsheCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
- Payne v. Twiggs County School DistrictSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- Guthrie v. IronsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Ette Ex Rel. Ette v. Linn-Mar Community School DistrictSupreme Court of Iowa · 2003
- Leake v. MurphyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
- Hazelwood v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
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