Court Opinion

ID: 9863704
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-25 05:53:04.790315+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:04:09.446657
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JUSTICE HUNT,
dissenting:
I dissent. Once again the majority chooses to hide behind the cloak of immunity to deny plaintiffs their day in court. Thanks to Peterson v. School Dist. No. 1 and A, [8 Ed.Law 61,] 237 Mont. 376, 773 P.2d 316 (1989) and State ex rel. Eccleston v. Montana Third Judicial Dist. Court, [8 Ed.Law 146g,] [240 Mont. 44,] 783 P.2d 363, 46 St.Rep. 1929 (1989), school districts and their employees are insulated from the consequences of their negligent acts, even if those acts do not bear the remotest resemblance to legislative acts. Perhaps, in Montana, the saying, “The King can do no wrong!” should be changed to “The School District can do no wrong!”
I would overrule Peterson and Eccleston and return this case to the District Court for trial.
JUSTICE SHEEHY concurs in the foregoing dissent of JUSTICE HUNT.