Opinion ID: 1343562
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Heading: Sandra Michael

Text: Appellant Sandra Michael filed a civil action against the Marion County Board of Education (the Board) following the death of her husband, [4] formerly a teacher and principal of East Fairmont High School from 1976 to 1990. In the complaint, Mrs. Michael asserted a cause of action [5] based on the deliberate intent exception to employer immunity which is codified in West Virginia Code § 23-4-2(c)(2). Appellant's cause of action against the Board stems from the July 1991 discovery that East Fairmont High School contained massive amounts of chlordane, heptachlor, diazonon, and dursban. The Board filed a motion for summary judgment in January 1995, arguing that the political subdivision immunity provision found in West Virginia Code § 29-12A-5(a)(11) precluded Appellant from bringing suit against it. [6] By order dated February 2, 1995, the circuit court granted the Board's motion for summary judgment. Through this appeal, Mrs. Michael seeks to obtain a reversal of that ruling.