FLORES v. EDINBURG CONSOL. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. 83-2195.

741 F.2d 773 (1984)

Aminta FLORES, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees Cross-Appellants, v. EDINBURG CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 1, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfonso Ibanez, L. Aron Pena, Edinburg, Tex., Roy S. Dale, Brownsville, Tex., for defendants-appellants cross-appellees.

Mitchell J. Green, Conde Thompson Cox, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., amicus curiae, for State of Tex.

Douglas M. Becker, Ray Goldstein, Austin, Tex., for Edinburg Consol. Indep. School Dist.

Larry Watts, Laura Oren, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees cross-appellants.

Before GARZA, GARWOOD, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 1, 1984.

HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

The Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District appeals from a judgment entered against it in this § 1983 action brought by the administratrix of the estate of David Flores, a junior high school student who suffered an injury to his hand in a classroom accident and later committed suicide. A jury found that the school district's negligence had caused an infringement...

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