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· 6/11/1997

Crisp County School System v. Brown

Citations

  • 487 S.E.2d 512
  • 226 Ga. App. 800
  • 97 Fulton County D. Rep. 2272
  • 1997 Ga. App. LEXIS 774

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding teacher’s duty to monitor students a discretionary function protected by official immunity
  • parent sued her daughter’s teacher and the county school system after the child fell off the monkey bars during gym class
  • teacher merely instructed student “to try” after student told teacher she did not believe she could traverse monkey bars
  • teacher merely instructed student \to try\ after student told teacher she did not believe she could traverse monkey bars
  • school systems do not waive sovereign immunity merely by purchasing liability insurance

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Judges: Birdsong, Forrester, Ruffin, Eldridge

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