PATRICK v. PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL BD.

No. 4D05-1244.

927 So.2d 973 (2006)

Stacy PATRICK and Terrell Patrick, Appellants, v. PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry M. Silver, Boca Raton, for appellants.

Dorsey C. Miller, III of Haliczer, Pettis & Schwamm, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

Appellant Stacy Patrick, a teacher who was injured by a student with a propensity for violence, filed this personal injury action against her employer, the school board. The trial court granted the school board's motion for summary judgment on the ground of worker's compensation immunity, and she appeals. We reverse.

The intentional tort exception to the general rule of worker's compensation immunity, section 440.11(1), Florida Statutes (2002), requires...

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