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PALMER v. MT. VERNON TP. HIGH SCHOOL

No. 78875.

662 N.E.2d 1260 (1996)

169 Ill.2d 551

215 Ill.Dec. 120

Donnell PALMER et al., Appellees, v. MT. VERNON TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 201, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Jones and Leslie G. Offergeld, Walker & Williams, P.C., Belleville, for Mt. Vernon Tp.

James B. Wham, Wham & Wham, Centralia, Michael J. Hanagan, Hanagan & Dousman, P.C., Mt. Vernon, for Donnell Palmer.

Patricia J. Whitten, Chicago (William A. Morgan, of counsel), for amici curiae Board of Educ. of City of Chicago et al.

McMORROW, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider the scope of a school district's liability for injuries sustained by a student during a school-sponsored basketball game. In February 1986, Donnell Palmer (hereafter Donnell), then a senior at Mt. Vernon Township High School, was engaged in a practice session while a member of the school's varsity basketball team. During the practice, Donnell was struck in the eye by another player. He suffered substantial injury from...

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