Court Opinion

ID: 9932572
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-09 18:40:56.693477+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:53:50.081721
License: Public Domain

Presiding Judge Charles R. Crowder, in his order entering the summary judgment for the defendant teacher, Ms. Dorothy Crosby, wrote:
 "Shorn of their historic authority, often intimidated by unruly and violent elements, including their students, teachers in this state and country, in the opinion of this Court, are under siege. To hold them under the specter of lawsuits, as the result of unforeseen acts of violence or unforeseen accidents to students while under their care, would only unduly add to the evergrowing woes of many of the already harassed teachers of this country."
Amen and amen. The summary judgment should have been entered for Ms. Crosby; and Judge Crowder's sad, but sage, observation should be recorded, in hopes that the problem identified can be addressed by the powers that be.