Barnes v. Pittsburg Unif. School Dist.
This case arose out of a sexual relationship that Ronald Polk, a vice principal at Pittsburg High School, had with his secretary, Jeannette Barnes, and the way in which Barnes’s children learned about it. Although many of the events surrounding the discovery of the relationship remain disputed, all of the parties agree that two of the children found out about it from Polk. According to the plaintiffs, they found out when Polk told them, “I’m having sex with your mother.â€[1]
Jeannette Barnes, her husband Willie Barnes II, and their children sued Polk and the Pittsburg Unified School District and asserted causes of action for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and public disclosure of private facts. In granting defendants’ motion for summary adjudication, the trial court concluded that plaintiffs had failed to establish that Polk or the school district owed the husband and the children a duty of care or that there had been a public disclosure of private facts. It then entered summary judgment against the husband and the children on all claims, and granted summary adjudication against Jeannette Barnes on the public-disclosure cause of action. The husband and the children appeal, and we affirm.
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