Bird v. Pennfield Agricultural School District No. 1

Plaintiff Vera C. Bird was a schoolteacher in the Bee Tree school. She had taught in the same school system for 7 years prior to January, 1953. In that month the schoolroom ceiling of the Bee Tree school was painted and Mrs. Bird began to suffer from allergic symptoms which subsequently led to several weeks’ absence from her teaching job and consequent medical treatment. On several occasions when she returned to her employment the symptoms recurred until the ceiling complained of was covered over by an oil base paint. A similar recurrence of symptoms followed the painting of the ceilings of…