Lutzker v. Board of Education

Action by the infant plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries and by his father for loss of services and expenses. The defendant, The Board of Education of the City of New York, for the purpose of keeping children off the streets, where they are subject to traffic hazards, permitted several of its playgrounds to be opened after school hours. The infant plaintiff, a seventeen-year old high school student, entered the playground adjoining a public school near his home, for the purpose of playing handball. He was not a student of that school; and it was after three p. m. when he…