GOODWIN v. BOARD OF EDUC. OF FAYETTE COUNTY

No. 18-0211.

835 S.E.2d 566 (2019)

Austin Joseph GOODWIN, Petitioner v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF FAYETTE COUNTY, Political Subdivision of the State of West Virginia, West Virginia Board of Education, and Steven L. Paine, Ed.D., in his official capacity as West Virginia Superintendent of Schools, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: November 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Broadwater, Jr., Esq. , Kevin B. Burgess, Esq. , Hamilton, Burgess, Young & Pollard, PLLC, Fayetteville, West Virginia, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Jared C. Underwood, Esq. , Chip E. Williams, Esq. , Pullin, Fowler, Flanagan, Brown & Poe, PLLC, Beckley, West Virginia, Attorneys for Respondents.


The Petitioner, Austin Joseph Goodwin, brought this appeal from a January 31, 2018 summary judgment order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County. The Petitioner filed a civil action against the Respondents based upon injuries he received while wrestling on a public school soccer field.1 The circuit...

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