Case Name: BOARD OF EDUCATION OF LESLIE COUNTY et al., Appellants, v. Felix LEWIS, Individually, et al., Appellees
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1970-01-23
Citations: 449 S.W.2d 765
Docket Number: 
Parties: BOARD OF EDUCATION OF LESLIE COUNTY et al., Appellants, v. Felix LEWIS, Individually, et al., Appellees.
Judges: All concur.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 449
Pages: 765–765

Head Matter:
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF LESLIE COUNTY et al., Appellants, v. Felix LEWIS, Individually, et al., Appellees.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky.
Jan. 23, 1970.
Denver Adams, A. E. Cornett, Hyden, for appellants.
Isaac Turner, Hyden, for appellees.

Opinion:
CLAY, Commissioner.
This was an action for negligence brought against the Board of Education of Leslie County. It was tried by the court without a jury and the plaintiff was given a money judgment.
The defendant Board pleaded sovereign immunity. The court was of the opinion that in view of Haney v. City of Lexington, Ky., 386 S.W.2d 738 (1964) 10 A.L.R. 3d 1362, sovereign immunity is no longer a valid defense by a governmental unit. However, since Haney we have consistently held that boards of education may invoke sovereign immunity. Wood v. Board of Education of Danville, Ky., 412 S.W.2d 877 (1967); Cullinan v. Jefferson County, Ky., 418 S.W.2d 407 (1967); Carr v. Wright, Ky., 423 S.W.2d 521 (1968).
This defense was properly pleaded and it should have been sustained.
The judgment is reversed.
All concur.