Legal Opinion
Duncan v. Koustenis
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 11, 1970No. [No. 138, September Term, 1970.]PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBarnes, J.
The principal question presented to us in this appeal is whether the defense of governmental immunity is available as a complete defense to the appellee, Demitrios Koustenis, defendant below, a teacher employed by the Prince George’s County Board of Education (Koustenis or teacher), to a tort action instituted by the infant appellant, Louis P. Duncan, Jr., and others against the teacher to recover damages allegedly proximately caused by the teacher’s negligence.
The tort action was filed on September 19, 1969, in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County by the infant plaintiff by his…
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