Slade v. Board of School Directors

DECISION AND ORDER

RUDOLPH T. RANDA, District Judge.

At the age of 12, Kamonie Slade tragically drowned during a school field trip to the Mauthe Lake Recreation Area. Slade’s parents, on behalf of themselves and the estate of their son, brought claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and a supplemental claim under state law. After a series of claims and defendants were dismissed by stipulation, the only remaining federal claim is that Linda Roundtree (n/k/a Linda Estes), the principal at Roosevelt Middle School, and Maribeth Gosz, one of the assistant principals, violated Slade’s substantive due process…