Joseph Strycharz v. Richard D. Cady

Summary

The court held that school administrators had a ministerial duty to prepare and distribute a student-supervision roster, but that ensuring staff actually performed their assignments was discretionary. It reversed summary judgment for two assistant principals because factual disputes existed about whether the roster was created and distributed, while affirming judgment for the remaining defendants because the plaintiff did not establish that the risk of students crossing the highway before school was apparent to them. Justice Eveleigh, concurring in part and dissenting in part, would have submitted the governmental-immunity issue to a jury or remanded for reconsideration under the clarified imminent-harm standard.