BOARD OF EDUCATION OF LESLIE COUNTY v. LEWIS


449 S.W.2d 765 (1970)

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF LESLIE COUNTY et al., Appellants, v. Felix LEWIS, Individually, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

January 23, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denver Adams, A. E. Cornett, Hyden, for appellants.

Isaac Turner, Hyden, for appellees.


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...

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