Mann v. Palmerton Area School District, a Concussion Case, Takes Center Stage in Another Qualified Immunity Case

A district judge from the Western District of Pennsylvania has reversed a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation to deny a motion to dismiss filed by a school district and other defendants, who claimed they were entitled to qualified immunity.   In so ruling, the district judge leaned heavily on Mann v. Palmerton Area School District, 872 F.3d 165, 173 (3d Cir. 2017), which emphasized that the "clearly established" prong of the qualified immunity inquiry must be analyzed "at the app