Legal Opinion
White v. Board of Education
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 5, 1937PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHagarty, J.
This is a joint action by the infant plaintiff and her father to recover damages for injuries sustained by the infant when a class room door in Public School No. 109, Queens Village, of which she was a pupil in the kindergarten class, closed on one of the fingers of her left hand.
At the time of the accident, on September 20,1928, the infant was five years and five months old. She had received permission from her teacher to leave the class room, and on her return “ the door slammed back on my finger.” The proof was that there was no check or spring on the door, and counsel for the plaintiffs…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Urquhart v. . City of OgdensburgNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Herman v. . Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
- Stern v. International Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Pitman v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
- White v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1933
3Cited by8 opinions
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- White v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
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