Morris v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board

I ¿WHIPPLE, j.

Plaintiffs, Catherine Morris and Demetrius McKinney, Jr. appeal from a summary judgment rendered in favor of defendants, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, Mary Anne Tansil and the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In October of 1992, Demetrius McKinney, Jr., a fourteen year old special education student at Broadmoor Middle School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, fell and injured his left knee while participating in a field trip practice skating event for the Louisiana Special Olympics. His…