CARTER v. PFANNENSCHMIDT


467 S.W.2d 777 (1971)

John E. CARTER, Appellant, v. Fred PFANNENSCHMIDT, Jr. and Jefferson County Board of Education, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 4, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Sage, Louisville, for appellant.

E. Preston Young, Louisville, for appellees.


REED, Judge.

The trial judge dismissed appellant John E. Carter's action for slander against the appellee, Jefferson County Board of Education. The basis of the ruling was that the Board of Education was not liable by reason of the sovereign immunity rule. The appellant asserts error on the ground that KRS 411.060 removed the defense of sovereign immunity for school boards in the case of commission of a willful and malicious tort. We find it apparent that the statute...

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