Daily v. BD. OF EDUC. OF MORRILL SCHOOL DIST.

588 N.W.2d 813 (1999)

256 Neb. 73

Robert L. DAILY, appellee,

v.

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF MORRILL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 62-0063, also known as School District of Bridgeport, appellant.

No. S-97-933.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

February 5, 1999.

Richard A. Douglas, of Nichols, Douglas, Kelly, and Meade, Scottsbluff, for appellant.

Mark D. McGuire, of McGuire & Norby, Lincoln, for appellee.

HENDRY, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.

GERRARD, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

The Legislature, in 1988, mandated that "[c]orporal punishment shall be prohibited in public schools."…