Coffee County School District v. Snipes

Andrews, Judge.

Appellee’s five-year-old child fell while playing at school and severely fractured her elbow. On behalf of the child, appellee sued the Coffee County School District, Hierling, a school teacher, and Johnson, a paraprofessional teacher’s aide. The individual defendants were employed by the school district and were in charge of the child’s class at the time of the fall. The defendants moved for summary judgment on grounds that the school district was entitled to sovereign immunity and the individual defendants were entitled to official immunity. We granted the defendants’…