San Mateo Union High School District v. Yamas

Opinion

DRAPER, P. J.

This appeal raises questions as to the applicability of the doctrine of implied equitable indemnity in favor of a school district which was itself negligent in failing properly to supervise students in the operation of motor vehicles.

An automobile negligently driven by appellant Yamas, a high school student, struck and seriously injured Diane Moreno, another student who was walking across the school parking lot. She and her mother sued the minor fellow student, together with his father, who had joined in execution of the boy’s application for a driver’s license, the…