SCHOOL BD. OF ORANGE COUNTY v. COFFEY

No. 87-1124.

524 So.2d 1052 (1988)

SCHOOL BOARD OF ORANGE COUNTY, Florida, et al., Appellants, v. Irma L. COFFEY, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied May 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Yates Rumbley of Pitts, Eubanks, Hilyard, Rumbley & Meier, Orlando, for appellants.

Sheldon D. Stevens of Stevens & Peters, P.A., Merritt Island, and James R. Cunningham, Orlando, for appellees.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal of a judgment against a school board and a school superintendent and in favor of a student and her mother in a case in which the jury found the school board and superintendent were negligent in the retention and supervision of a school teacher who sexually abused this student-victim. We affirm, briefly discussing some points raised on appeal:

(1) The victim wanted to call the teacher as a witness and question him about his improper...

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