Deaver v. Bridges

OPINION

TOM RICKHOFF, Justice.

This school teacher’s defamation case is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s order denying summary judgment to appellant, David Deaver, a school superintendent. To determine whether immunity attaches for professional employees, we hold we must focus on whether discretionary judgments occur within the broad duties of an office rather than on specific acts such as responding to media and third party inquiries. With this focus in mind, we reverse and render judgment in Deaver’s favor.

JURISDICTION AND STANDARD OF REVIEW

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