CHILDRESS v. MADISON COUNTY


777 S.W.2d 1 (1989)

William Todd CHILDRESS, By and Through his parents, Ira CHILDRESS and Joyce Childress, and Ira Childress and Joyce Childress, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MADISON COUNTY, Tennessee, the Madison County Board of Education, and the Young Men's Christian Association, Jackson, Tennessee, a/k/a Y.M.C.A., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section, at Jackson.

Permission to Appeal Denied August 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Hardee and Linda L. Moore, Jackson, for plaintiffs-appellants.

J. Tim Edwards, Glassman, Jeter & Edwards, Memphis, for defendants-appellees.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court August 7, 1989.

HIGHERS, Judge.

The plaintiffs, Ira Childress and Joyce Childress, brought this action individually and on behalf of their son, William Todd Childress, against Madison County and the Madison County Board of Education, alleging negligence which proximately caused personal injury to their son, a mentally handicapped student in Special Education at South Side High School. After a bench trial, the court...

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