In the case of Doe v. Adkins, 2021-Ohio-3389, the Fourth District Court of Appeals held that a trial court’s denial of a school district’s motion to dismiss based on political-subdivision immunity was an error.
Here, the appellee, a high school student, alleged that the Defendant, a high school Spanish teacher, had inappropriate sexual contact with the student. Specifically, the student alleged that the teacher seduced the student through text messages, the internet, and physical contact.
The Court reasoned that public schools are governmental functions and not proprietary functions, and as such, no exception to political subdivision immunity applies.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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