SYKES v. LINCOLN COUNTY SCHOOL D. 1 & 2

No. 88-78.

763 P.2d 1263 (1988)

John Thomas SYKES, a minor; John E. Sykes and Vivian Sykes, individually and as next friends and guardians of John Thomas Sykes, Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. LINCOLN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 & 2; Teton School District No. 1; Sublette County School District No. 1; Sweetwater County School District No. 1 & 2; Uinta County School District No. 1; Uinta County School District No. 4; Uinta County School District No. 6, Appellees (Defendants).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

November 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy A. Jacobson, Jr. and Sharon M. Rose of Vehar, Beppler, Jacobson, Lavery & Rose, P.C., Kemmerer, for appellants.

Kathryn A. Jenkins of Kline, Buck & Asay, Cheyenne, for appellee Lincoln County School Dist. No. 1.

William H. Twichell of Mason, Twichell & Graham, P.C., Pinedale, for appellee Sublette County School Dist. No. 1.

Paul B. Godfrey and Raymond W. Martin of Godfrey, Sundahl & Jorgenson, Cheyenne, for appellees Lincoln County School Dist. No. 2, Teton School Dist. No. 1, Sweetwater County School Dist. Nos. 1 & 2, Uinta County School Dist. Nos. 1, 4 and 6.

Carol Gonnella, Jackson, for amicus curiae, Region V Bd. of Co-op. Educational Services.

Nelson L. Hayes and Michael P. Zaccheo of Richards, Brandt, Miller & Nelson, Salt Lake City, Utah, for amicus curiae, Boces.

Before CARDINE, C.J., THOMAS and MACY, JJ., ROONEY, Ret. J., and LEHMAN, District Judge.


ROONEY, Retired Justice.

Appellants appeal from the denial of their motion for a partial summary judgment against appellees School Districts on the issue of the existence of vicarious liability on the part of such appellees, and from the grant of such appellees' motion for summary judgment on the same issue.1 The motions acknowledged the non-existence of a genuine issue of material fact relative...

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