Lisa Kelley v. Nathaniel Root
Syllabus
The mother of a high school student involved in an altercation with the opposing basketball team's coach appeals the trial court's grant of summary judgment to the coach and the county board of education. Because the video footage of the altercation is open to more than one interpretation, a genuine dispute of material fact remains as to the intention behind the coach's contact with the student and summary judgment is reversed as to the state law assault and battery claims against the coach. The grant of summary judgment as to the remaining claims against both the coach and the board is affirmed.
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- concluding that deposition discovery materials are “[d]ocuments that play no role in the performance of Article III functions”
- reasoning that “document used by parties moving for, or opposing, summary judgment should not remain under seal absent the most compelling of reasons”
- reasoning that “document used by parties moving for, or opposing, summary judgment should not remain under seal absent the most compelling of reasons”
- noting that, notwithstanding the applicability of a protective order, “documents used by the parties moving for, or opposing, summary judgment should not remain under seal absent the most compelling reasons”
- explaining that judicial documents “should not remain under seal absent the most compelling reasons”
- noting that, notwithstanding the applicability of a protective order under Rule 26, “documents used by parties moving for, or opposing, summary judgment should not remain under seal absent the most compelling reasons”
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