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· 4/13/1998

Payne v. Twiggs County School District

Citations

  • 501 S.E.2d 550
  • 232 Ga. App. 175
  • 98 Fulton County D. Rep. 1975
  • 1998 Ga. App. LEXIS 620

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the failure to act upon a report of a weapon at school is discretionary because it requires the school officials “to assess the credibility of [the] allegations and make a judgment call as to whether those allegations merited immediate investigation”
  • finding that the investigation of a student’s complaint against another student was discretionary
  • finding that the investigation of a student’s complaint against another student was discretionary
  • because supervising students is a discretionary act, the principal and bus driver were entitled to immunity for failure to enforce weapons policy
  • because supervising students is a discretionary act, the principal and bus driver were entitled to immunity for failure to enforce weapons policy
  • alleged failure to enforce policy prohibiting students from carrying weapons on school property

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Judges: Pope, Beasley, Ruffin

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