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O'DELL v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF INDEPENDENCE

No. 57474.

521 S.W.2d 403 (1975)

Harry E. O'DELL, Jr., a minor, by his parents and next friends, Harry E. O'Dell, Sr., and Joyce Floray, et al., Appellants, v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF INDEPENDENCE, Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied April 14, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert J. Yonke, Yonke & Shackelford, Kansas City, for appellants.

Rufus Burrus, Independence, for respondent.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Richard E. Vodra, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for Amicus Curiae.

DONNELLY, Chief Justice.

This is an action for damages involving the governmental immunity rule.

Plaintiffs' petition against the School District of Independence, Missouri, alleges that on February 3, 1971, Harry O'Dell, Jr., while a student at William Chrisman Senior High School, and while participating in wrestling practice, was injured when a physical education coach applied an illegal wrestling hold on him.

Plaintiffs' petition was dismissed by...

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