Legal Opinion
Ronald Lee Fee and Wife, Nancy Lee Fee, Individually and as Next Friends of Tracy John Fee, a Minor v. Joseph Milton Herndon
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 9, 1990No. 89-2828PublishedCited by 204 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
A sixth grade special-education student became disruptive during classroom instruction, prompting the use of corporal punishment by the school’s principal to restore discipline. The parents, Ronald and Nancy Fee, maintain that the principal beat their emotionally disturbed child so excessively, however, that the student was forced to remain in psychiatric rehabilitation for months. The parents further allege that they incurred large medical costs as a consequence of the hospitalization.
The plaintiffs commenced this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the…
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