STEVENS v. DES MOINES SCHOOL DIST.

No. 93-1704.

528 N.W.2d 117 (1995)

Danny STEVENS, Jr., By His Father and Mother and Next Friends, Dan STEVENS and Debra Stevens; and Dan Stevens and Debra Stevens, Individually, Appellants, v. The DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 22, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick B. Anderson of Wiggins & Anderson, P.C., West Des Moines, for appellants.

Andrew J. Bracken of Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Haynie, Smith & Allbee, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, CARTER, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


LARSON, Justice.

Danny Stevens was attending a middle school in Des Moines when he was beaten by another student, Shawn Harris. Danny and his parents (collectively "Stevens" or "the plaintiff') sued the Des Moines Public School District, alleging failure to reasonably warn potential victims of Shawn Harris's violent nature, failure to control Harris, and failure to properly supervise the students. The jury found that the school was negligent, but found that its negligence...

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