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NIX v. FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOL DIST.

No. 02-11437.

311 F.3d 1373 (2002)

H.L. NIX, Arlene Nix, Individually and as administrators of the Estate of H.L. Jeremiah Nix, Jr., Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Paul E. Brown, Individually and in his capacity as a Teacher for Franklin County High School; Jack Slaton, Individually and in his capacity as the Principal of Franklin County High School; and Thomas Bridges, Individually and in his capacity as the Superintendent of Franklin County Schools, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Stephens, Gainesville, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Harry Warren Bassler, Crim & Bassler, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before ANDERSON and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and POLLAK, District Judge.

POLLAK, District Judge:

In this civil-rights case, this court is asked to define the contours between harms best left to the province of traditional tort law and those harms that rise to the level of constitutional violations. Appellants H.L. and Arlene Nix, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, brought a civil-rights action against the appellees seeking damages for the death of the Nixes' son, Jeremiah. Finding that the Nixes failed to show that the appellees' conduct...

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