HUNTER v. EVERGREEN PRESBYTERIAN VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

No. 13008.

338 So.2d 164 (1976)

Marion HUNTER, wife of/and Stephen J. Hunter, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. EVERGREEN PRESBYTERIAN VOCATIONAL SCHOOL et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rittenberg & Wilks by William E. Rittenberg, Dale C. Wilks, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mayer, Smith & Roberts by Alex F. Smith, Jr., Shreveport, for defendants-appellees.

Before PRICE, HALL and JONES, JJ.


HALL, Judge.

This is a wrongful death action filed by the parents of Stephen J. Hunter, III. The decedent, a moderately to severely retarded young man, drowned in a pond on the premises of Evergreen Presbyterian Vocational School, where he had been a student for three and one-half years. In a perceptive written option, the trial court rejected the plaintiffs' demands against the school, finding no breach of duty by the school or its personnel. We affirm.

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