Jones v. Maloney

After being convicted of an indecent assault and battery on a classmate, the plaintiff, Cyle Jones (Cyle), and his mother, Wendy Jones, brought suit against the Groton-Dunstable Regional School District (school district) and the assistant principal of the Groton-Dunstable High School (high school) for negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress arising out of the handling of the investigation leading to the conviction. In particular, the plaintiffs contended that the defendants negligently failed to notify the mother of the police investigation and act in loco parentis as…