School District's Lack Of Liability For Alleged Molestation By Former Employee--Certiorari Denied
The United States Supreme Court has refused to grant
certiorari in a case in which the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a
school district was not liable under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 to parents for a
teacher's alleged molestation of their minor daughters. The teacher had formally
been employed by the school district, but was employed by a different school
district at the time of the alleged conduct. Thus, the 11th Circuit
reasoned, the school district had no authority to control the teacher so as to
be liable under § 1983.
Dale v. Stephens County, Ga. School Dist.
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