Clyburn v. Sumter County School District 17

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• holding that gross negligence ordinarily is a mixed question of law and fact but when the evidence supports but one reasonable inference, the question becomes a matter of law for the court
• school not grossly negligent where its employees attempted on several occasions to prevent confrontations between student and non-student assailant, even though school’s efforts ultimately were inadequate
• school not grossly negligent where its employees attempted on several occasions to prevent confrontations between student and nonstudent assailant, even though school's efforts ultimately were inadequate
• “Gross negligence is the intentional, conscious failure to do something which it is incumbent upon one to do or the doing of a thing intentionally that one ought not to do.”

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