John Doe v. Montgomery Cnty. Bd. of Education (In re Montgomery Cnty. Bd. of Educ.)

MAIN, Justice.

The Montgomery County Board of Education ("the Board") petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Montgomery Circuit Court to dismiss a lawsuit filed against it on the basis of sovereign immunity. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

I. Facts and Procedural History

On January 7, 2018, John Doe, a minor, by and through his mother S.C., filed the underlying action in the Montgomery Circuit Court against the Board, seeking compensatory damages and punitive damages arising from an alleged assault on Doe by a school employee at the elementary school Doe attended, as…