THORPE v. DURANGO SCH. DIST. NO. 9-R

No. 78-068.

591 P.2d 1329 (1978)

John THORPE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DURANGO SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 9-R, the Board of Education of Durango School District No. 9-R, and Donald Buchnell, Marvin Giersch, Sam Callaway, Larry Bruton, Gino Piccoli, Robert Ashburn, and C. J. Brasher, Individually and as Directors of said District, Defendants-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Division I.

As Modified On Denial of Rehearing December 21, 1978.

Certiorari Granted March 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hobbs & Waldbaum, P.C., Larry F. Hobbs, Douglas B. Koff, Denver, for plaintiff-appellant.

Hamilton, Hamilton & Shand, P.C., E. B. Hamilton, Durango, for defendants-appellees.


SMITH, Judge.

Plaintiff, John Thorpe, appeals from a judgment notwithstanding the verdict entered in favor of defendant Durango School District Board of Education. We reverse the trial court's ruling, and remand with directions to reinstate the jury's verdict.

Thorpe was employed as a non-tenured mathematics teacher at Miller Junior High School by Durango School District No. 9-R for the 1974-1975 and 1975-1976 school terms. During most of this period, including...

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