Doe v. Marlington Local School District Board of Education

{¶ 1} The facts alleged in this case are disturbing. However, this case presents a purely legal issue: whether the immunity granted by R.C. Chapter 2744 applies to bar liability of a school district for negligent supervision of the conduct of children on a school bus. Jane and John Doe, the court-appointed custodians of Holly Roe,1 a minor, sued the Marlington Local School District Board of Education and several employees of the school district seeking damages after their daughter was sexually molested by another child on a school bus. The board moved for summary judgment and raised the…