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· 9/19/1986

Palmer v. Perry County Bd. of Educ.

Citations

  • 496 So. 2d 2
  • 35 Educ. L. Rep. 1273

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that individual board members may be held personally liable for their negligent conduct
  • holding that individual board members may be held personally liable for their negligent conduct
  • noting that the right to sue carries with it the right to be sued and indicating that a county board of education may be sued on its contracts
  • “The board and its members are im mune from tort actions in their official capacities by reason of sovereign immunity.”
  • “County school boards are not immune from all suits.”

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Judges: Steagall

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