BROOKS v. McLEAN COUNTY UNIT DIST. NO. 5

No. 4-13-0503.

8 N.E.3d 1203 (2014)

2014 IL App (4th) 130503

380 Ill. Dec. 661

Jasmine BROOKS, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Donnie Hampton, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. McLEAN COUNTY UNIT DISTRICT NO. 5, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

April 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Slivnick (argued), Todd A. Heller , Andrea J. Beer , Law Offices of Todd A. Heller & Associates, Deerfield, for appellant.

Craig L. Unrath , Brad A. Elward (argued), Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Alien, PC, Peoria, for appellee.


OPINION

Justice POPE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 On May 18, 2010, Donnie Hampton, a student at Kingsley Junior High School (Kingsley) in Normal, Illinois, was in a boys' bathroom at the school with other students playing a "game" called "Body Shots." According to the complaint in this case, the game involved students voluntarily punching each other with closed fists as hard as they could in the abdomen, chest, and ribs. After...

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