JOHN RICHARDSON, ET AL. v. TRENTON SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT - Articles

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Posted by: Chandra Williams on Jun 27, 2016

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1:

W. Lewis Jenkins, Jr. and Dean P. Dedmon, Dyersburg, Tennessee, for the appellants, J.R. and P.R.

Attorneys 2:

Jennifer C. Craig, Jackson, Tennessee, for the appellee, Trenton Special School District.

Judge(s): ARMSTRONG

This is a negligence case involving the alleged sexual assault of a six-year-old boy by another six-year-old boy in the bathroom of an elementary school. The trial court determined that the Appellee school district was entitled to summary judgment as a matter of law because the assault was not foreseeable. We conclude that there are disputes of material fact, which preclude the grant of summary judgment. Accordingly, we reverse and remand.

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