JONES v. LOGAN COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

No. 21-0217.

881 S.E.2d 374 (2022)

Dakota JONES and Matilda Workman, Plaintiffs Below, Petitioners, v. LOGAN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Defendant Below, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: November 17, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven P. New, Esq. , Amanda J. Taylor, Esq. , Russell A. Williams, Esq. , New, Taylor & Associates, Beckley, West Virginia, Counsel for Petitioners, Dakota Jones and Matilda Workman.

Duane J. Ruggier II, Esq. , Evan S. Olds, Esq. , Pullin, Fowler, Flanagan, Brown & Poe, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for Respondent, Logan County Board of Education.


Dakota Jones alleges that he was severely bullied by his classmates while he was a student at Logan Middle School from 2012 to 2015. He claims that over those three years, other students cut him, choked him with a rope, punched him to the point of unconsciousness, and stabbed him with a pencil. According to Mr. Jones, school officials...

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