Legal Opinion
Agrippa Hymes, by His Next Friend and Guardian Ad Litem, Eunice Hymes v. Harnett County Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 17, 1981No. 81-1236PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
The parent of a child of elementary school age and a Board of Education faced a difficult problem, ultimately requiring resort to litigation for resolution. The child, shortly after birth had had inserted in his neck, to facilitate his breathing, a tracheostomy tube. The tube frequently required attention, while the child was at school, which the child, of tender years, could not on his own provide. The attention involved suctioning of mucus secretions from the tube.
Asked to address the problem by expanding facilities beyond what had theretofore been provided, the…
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