Stiff v. Eastern Illinois Area of Special Education

Defendants bring this interlocutory appeal of an order of the circuit court of Coles County denying their motion to dismiss all counts of the complaint. Kacey Stiff was a handicapped student attending the Eastern Illinois Area of Special Education (EIASE) when she, along with six other students, was taken on a field trip to Fox Ridge State Park on October 30, 1990. Kacey sustained injuries resulting from a fall from a foot bridge. The complaint alleges that the EIASE teachers’ failure to properly supervise the activities of the students was negligent and constituted wilful and wanton conduct.…