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MITCHELL v. CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY SCHOOL

No. 12-0794.

832 N.W.2d 689 (2013)

Leeann MITCHELL, Individually, and on Behalf of D.E., her Minor Child, Appellees, v. CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 21, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Baker , Cedar Rapids, and Terry J. Abernathy and Stephanie L. Hinz of Pickens, Barnes & Abernathy, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Brad J. Brady and Ann E. Brown-Graff of Brady & O'Shea, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellees.

HECHT, Justice.

The mother of a special education student sued the student's school district for damages the student sustained in an after-hours, off-campus sexual assault by another student. A jury found the school district negligent in failing to adequately supervise the special education student and awarded damages. We affirm the jury verdict.

I. Factual and Procedural Background.

In the fall of 2007, fourteen-year-old D.E. was a ninth-grade special...

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