Legal Opinion
Chavez v. Tolleson Elementary School District
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided March 22, 1979No. 1 CA-CIV 3794PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FROEB, Judge.
On the morning of September 17, 1973, ten year old Regina Chavez left the school grounds of Tolleson Elementary School, Unit Two, and was abducted and slain by John Cuffle. Her body was found some three months later in a field a few miles from the school. This wrongful death action, brought by her father Antonio M. Chavez (plaintiff), against the Tolleson Elementary School District and certain school personnel (defendants), is based upon negligence.
On the day this tragic event occurred, Tolleson Elementary School, Unit Two, had been in fall session about one week. Shortly…
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