HENDERSON v. DADE COUNTY SCHOOL BD.

No. 98-276.

734 So.2d 549 (1999)

Josephine HENDERSON, individually and as mother of and next friend of Laketha Henderson, a minor, and Laketha Henderson, Appellants, v. DADE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied July 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Klemick & Gampel, and Ross B. Gampel, and Roy D. Wasson, Miami, for appellants.

Peters, Robertson, Demahy, Parsons, Mowers, Passaro & Drake, and Geralyn M. Passaro, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, JORGENSON, and GREEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

We are compelled to reverse the trial court's order denying the Hendersons' Motion for New Trial because of juror misconduct that was not remedied by the trial court.

The negligence alleged in this suit occurred in 1991 when Laketha Henderson, then a student at Miami Senior High School, claimed that she was sexually assaulted by a fellow student on school grounds. Laketha and her mother, Josephine Henderson, alleged that the Dade County School...

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