BURNS v. GAGNON

Record Nos. 110754, 110767.

727 S.E.2d 634 (2012)

283 Va. 657

Travis BURNS v. Gregory Joseph GAGNON, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Conrad ( Abbigale B. Fredrick ; Saemi Murphy ; The Conrad Firm, on briefs), Richmond, for appellant (No. 110754).

Avery T. Waterman, Jr. , Newport News (Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein, on brief), for appellee Gregory Joseph Gagnon.

No brief filed on behalf of appellee James Newsome.

No brief filed on behalf of appellee Christine D. Newsome.

Avery T. Waterman, Jr. , Newport News, James Newsome (Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein, on brief), for appellant (No. 110767).

John A. Conrad ( Abbigale B. Fredrick ; The Conrad Firm, on briefs), Richmond, for appellee, Travis Burns.

No brief filed by appellee James Newsome.

No brief filed by appellee Christine D. Newsome.

Present: All the Justices.


Opinion by Justice LEROY F. MILLETTE, Jr.

These companion appeals arise out of a personal-injury suit brought by a former Gloucester High School (GHS or school) student who was injured in a fight with another student on school grounds. On the morning of the fight, an assistant principal at the school received a report that the fight would occur sometime that day. He did not act on the report before the fight.

The injured student sued the other student involved...

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