Falcone v. Board of Education

Haktshobne, C. P. J.

The question here is, how far the public school system of the state is, as such, liable for injuries to the person.

The complaint herein, in two counts, alleges, in substance, that on January 16th, 1936, while plaintiff’s intestate, a girl, was using a washroom and lavatory in a public school building on a school playground, in Newark, a slate slab, which acted as a screen, fell upon the girl, as the result of which she died. The complaint further alleges that this slab was both erected and maintained improperly, so as to constitute a place of danger, same constituting acts…