Holland v. Yankton School District 63-3

Plaintiff appeals from a summary judgment that dismissed on sovereign immunity grounds the personal injury action that she had brought on behalf of her minor child. We affirm.

Plaintiff’s complaint alleged that her son, who was then nine years old, suffered a third-degree burn on his leg when some hot soup spilled on him in the lunch room at Lincoln School in Yankton on March 29, 1983, as a result of the alleged negligence of the Yankton School District’s employees. At the time of the accident, Yankton School District had in effect a liability insurance policy purchased pursuant to SDCL…