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LUNSFORD v. BD. OF ED. OF PR. GEO'S CO.

[No. 159, September Term, 1976.]

280 Md. 665 (1977)

374 A.2d 1162

JOHN KEITH LUNSFORD ET AL. v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 14, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin H. Freeman, with whom were Bulman, Goldstein, Feld & Dunie, Michael E. Miller and Zanecki, Miller & Bortner on the brief, for John Keith Lunsford et al.

Patrick A. O'Doherty, with whom were O'Doherty, Gallagher & White on the brief, for Charles L. Hudson. Paul M. Nussbaum, with whom was Richard E. Ekstrand on the brief, for Board of Education of Prince George's County.

The cause was argued before SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ.

SINGLEY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. DIGGES and ELDRIDGE, JJ., dissent and ELDRIDGE, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which DIGGES, J., concurs at page 678 infra.

On 23 May 1972, John Keith Lunsford (Keith) was a 13-year-old seventh grade student at the Walker Mill Junior High School (the School) in Prince George's County. On the afternoon of that day, Keith was assaulted by a group of his fellow students, while on his way from the School to his...

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