CURTIS v. BD. OF EDUCATION OF SAYRE PUB. SCHOOLS

No. 84567.

914 P.2d 656 (1995)

Orlen CURTIS and Tammie Curtis, Individually, and as next of friends of Clifton Curtis, Respondents, v. The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SAYRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Sayre Public School District I-31, Beckham County, Oklahoma, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jake Jones III, Driskill & Jones, Oklahoma City, for Petitioner.

Mark W. Albert, Elk City, for Respondents.


WATT, Justice:

SUMMARY OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On May 16th, 1994, 12-year-old Clifton Curtis was participating in a softball game in his Sayre public school physical education class. Clifton's teacher instructed him to play the position of catcher, but did not supply Clifton with a catcher's mask. Clifton was thereafter severely injured when he was hit in the mouth with a baseball bat.

Clifton's...

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