Hickingbottom v. Orleans Parish School Board

LANDRIEU, Judge.

The Orleans Parish School Board (hereinafter “the School Board”) appeals a judgment awarding to student Alvin Hickingbottom (hereinafter “Alvin”) $60,000.00 in damages for an injury allegedly inflicted by another student on the school grounds, after dismissal. At issue is whether the School Board, acting through the faculty of the Paul Lawrence Dunbar School (hereinafter “Dunbar”), exercised reasonable supervision of its students during after-school hours in this case. Since we conclude that it did, the decision of the trial court is reversed.

FACTS:

On November 19, 1987, Alvin,…