Appeals Court Upholds Verdict in School District Battery Case
Pierre, South Dakota
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a jury verdict that found the Mitchell School District was not responsible for a former high school teacher's inappropriate touching of a student.
The jury decided last year that Brittany Plamp was the victim of battery by former teacher and coach Andy Tate during her senior year in 2006. But the jury awarded no monetary damages after finding that the school district was not responsible.
Plamp had...
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