MATHIS v. BERRIEN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

A89A0183.

190 Ga. App. 255 (1989)

378 S.E.2d 505

MATHIS et al. v. BERRIEN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied February 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell & Herrera, D. Lynn Russell, Ann J. Herrera, for appellants.

Harben & Hartley, Phillip L. Hartley, Perry, Moore & Studstill, William S. Perry, for appellees.


BANKE, Presiding Judge.

Acting on behalf of their minor son, Chris, the appellants filed suit against their school district, the school superintendent, their son's teacher, and his school principal seeking to recover for physical and psychological injuries allegedly sustained by the child as the result of corporal punishment administered by the teacher. The trial court granted summary judgment to the appellee-defendants, concluding as a matter of law that the punishment...

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