Lyons v. Richmond Community School Corp.

On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 89A04-1204-PL-159

MASSA, Justice.

The parents of a child who choked to death during lunchtime in a high school cafeteria sued the school and several administrators. The trial court granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment. We reverse.

Facts and Procedural History1

Megan Lyons, a seventeen-year-old Richmond High School student with Down Syndrome, was severely disabled. She had difficulty eating and sometimes failed to chew her food sufficiently or took too many bites before swallowing. To address these concerns, Achieva…