McLaughlin v. City of Roswell

Deen, Presiding Judge.

On April 10, 1979, eight-year-old Kathleen McLaughlin was attempting to cross the street to attend Mimosa Elementary School in Roswell when she was struck by an automobile and injured. Suit was brought on her behalf against the city contending that it failed to provide a safe place for children attending school to cross Warsaw Road and that it also failed to provide a crossing guard so that children could safely get to the school. An appeal is brought contending that the trial court erred in granting the city’s motion for a judgment on the pleadings. Held:

“A county is…