Smith v. McDowell

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

In this appeal, we revisit the issue of official immunity with respect to school employees. K. L., the six-year-old daughter of appellant Antuan Smith, was abducted from Cook County Primary School by her noncustodial father. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the school principal and the school receptionist, Stacey McDowell, concluding that these defendants were immune from liability under the doctrine of official immunity because they were performing discretionary functions at the time of the incident. Smith appeals only the grant of summary judgment…