PARENTS AGAINST ABUSE v. WILLIAMSPORT


140 Pa.Commw. 559 (1991)

594 A.2d 796

PARENTS AGAINST ABUSE IN SCHOOLS; Valrie C. Novinger, parent and guardian of John Novinger, Jr., a minor; et al. v. The WILLIAMSPORT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT; Oscar W. Knade, Jr., Superintendent of Schools; and Simon Samuel, Williamsport Area School District Psychologist. (Two Cases) Appeal of Simon SAMUEL, Appellant. Appeal of Simon SAMUEL, Williamsport Area School District Psychologist, Appellant.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford A. Rieders and Robert Vesely, for Parents Against Abuse in Schools.

David C. Shipman, Williamsport, for appellants.

Before McGINLEY and BYER and CRUMLISH, Jr., Senior Judge.


BYER, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County denying a petition to open a peremptory judgment in a civil action — mandamus. The issues have already been thoroughly and thoughtfully considered by the trial court in its three opinions in this case. We affirm its decision.

The plaintiffs (collectively, parents) are a parents association and a number of individual parents of fourth graders who suffered physical...

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