Weisner v. Board of Education

The appellant, Lois Weisner, was escorting her young daughter to school one morning when she slipped on an icy sidewalk which ran along the side of the school and fell, suffering a broken hip. She and her husband sued the Board of Education of Montgomery County for failing to meet its alleged duty to keep the sidewalk “free of ice and hazardous conditions.” The declaration was demurred to on the ground, among others, that the Board of Education was immune from liability in tort. Judge Shook sustained the demurrer of the Board without leave to amend, saying: “See Weddle v. Board of School…