Kingston v. Blake

Paul Kingston, a thirteen-year-old boy, brought this action through his father as parent and next friend against George R. Blake, the owner of a school bus, and William Bruns, the operator of the bus, claiming damages for injuries allegedly sustained when the boy struck the top of his *715head on an exposed portion of the metal door frame of the bns as he was alighting. He alleged that a strip of protective rubber molding was missing from the portion of the bus frame into which the folding door recessed, thus exposing a sharp steel edge. From the judgment on a verdict for the plaintiff in the…