Widder v. Durango School District No. 9-R

Opinion by

Judge MARQUEZ.

In this action in mandamus, defendants, Durango School District No. 9-R and the Board of Education of Durango School District No. 9-R, appeal the trial court’s judgment granting plaintiff, Keith Widder, reinstatement and back pay. We vacate the judgment and remand with directions.

While employed as a custodian at a middle school in Durango, plaintiff witnessed a student being pushed by another student and decided to stop the incident. According to plaintiff, when he approached the students, he squatted down to get “eye to eye with them” and accidentally bumped foreheads…