Herweg, Etc. v. Bd. of Educ. of Lawton Pub. S.

SIMMS, Vice Chief Justice:

Appellees, petitioners for certiorari, present two issues for review: (1) whether the issue of sovereign immunity under the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act, 51 O.S.Supp.1978, § 151 et seq., can be reached by a general demurrer; (2) whether this same Act excludes all causes of action arising from interscholastic high school athletes against a school board and its employees.

This suit arose from an injury suffered by a junior high school football player during practice. Gregory Herweg, through his mother and next friend, Rosalind Stanard, filed suit alleging that…