District Court of Appeal of Florida

In a case arising under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), an order denying parents' and a child's request for compensatory speech therapy to be provided by a county school board is affirmed where the claim for compensatory speech therapy was barred by the doctrine of collateral estoppel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/03/2006
• Published 05/03/2006

Judges

• CANADY, Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rebecca O'Dell Townsend of Haas, Dutton, Blackburn, Lewis & Longley, P.L., Tampa, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas M. Gonzalez, Gregory A. Hearing, and Allison E. Rehmeyer of Thompson, Sizemore & Gonzalez, Tampa, for Appellee.