Barth v. Central School District No. 1

In an action to recover damages for the death of a boy twelve years and eight months old, killed by a school bus owned and operated by the Central School District No. 1 of the Towns of Carmel and Putnam Valley when it backed upon the school property where the decedent and other pupils of the school were waiting to board the buses, a verdict of the jury in plaintiff’s favor against the Central School District and for no cause of action against the driver of the bus was set aside by the trial court as inconsistent, contrary to law and excessive, and a new trial ordered. From the order so…