In a new court filing, the Marion County School Board argues it cannot be held liable for a teacher’s alleged bullying that parents say led to their son’s 2023 suicide, noting that the suicide occurred at the family’s home and not at school, and that it involved “intentional acts” by an employee for which the board cannot be held liable.
Attorneys representing the school board filed the motion to dismiss in the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County on Tuesday, July 1.
The motion was filed in response to a lawsuit from Tyka and Louis Johnson on behalf of their late son, Louis Johnson III…