The Marion County School Board has denied allegations that a mother’s son was injured after tripping on overgrown tree roots at an Ocala elementary school yard, saying the child likely fell due to another individual’s “negligence” and that the roots were in the “open and obvious and cannot be considered inherently dangerous.”
This month, attorneys from DGH Legal, PLLC, filed a response to the lawsuit, as well as several subpoenas and notices, on behalf of the school board in the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County.
On April 10, attorneys filed a lawsuit on behalf of Tiffany Oakleaf and her child, claiming that the child sustained injuries on or about May 13, 2022, while at Ocala Springs Elementary School (5757 NE 40th Avenue Road)…