AD’s Use of Doctrine of Governmental Immunity Fails in Negligence Suit

A federal judge in the Western District of Wisconsin has let stand part of a lawsuit brought by a plaintiff against a school district and various officials, which she claimed were indifferent to the fact that she was being sexually assaulted by her high school basketball and golf coach over a period of several months in 2004.   The individual defendants -- Paul Brusky (the principal), Pamela Huston (the athletic director) – successfully argued that Title IX preempts the plaintiff’s 42