Standley v. Board of Education of Alfred I. DuPont School District

DUFFY, Justice:

This appeal presents two issues for decision: 1) Does a School District have a duty to maintain sidewalks constructed to accommodate the passage of school children on their way to school, and 2) if such a duty exists, does the doctrine of sovereign immunity exempt a negligent School District from liability?

I

The relevant facts are as follows:

Plaintiff Armie Lee Standley was injured when she fell on an allegedly defective sidewalk while walking from her place of employment to a bus stop.1 The sidewalk had been financed and constructed under 14 Del.C. § 2305, to accommodate the…