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HOLT v. CROSS

No. 5-83-0335.

121 Ill. App.3d 695 (1983)

460 N.E.2d 8

JERE LEE HOLT, a Minor, by Virginia Holt, his Mother and Next Friend, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROBERT CROSS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied January 26, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Roberts and Donna H. Kolb, both of Carbondale, for appellant.

Richard A. Green, Mary Lou Rouhandeh and Michael F. Dahlen, all of Feirich, Schoen, Mager, Green and Associates, of Carbondale, for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue in this case of first impression is whether a student can recover punitive damages against a teacher who allegedly administered excessive corporal punishment. On November 6, 1980, plaintiff Jere Lee Holt, a minor, by his next friend and mother, Virginia Holt, filed suit against defendant Robert Cross, principal of Century Elementary School, and against the Board of Education...

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