Person v. Gum

Defendant-appellant, Jean Gum, appeals from a jury verdict rendered in favor of plaintiff-appellee in a negligence action.

Plaintiff-appellee, Kenneth Person, age seven, by and through his mother and next friend, Michelle Person, filed suit against appellant, Jean Gum, his elementary school teacher, Paul Fanti, principal of the elementary school, Zeddie Coley, home-liaison officer at the school, and nine John Does, unidentified representatives of the East Cleveland Board of Education, alleging that their negligence proximately caused his injuries when he was struck by a car while he walked…