Legal Opinion
Kesman v. Fallowfield Township School District
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 6, 1942No. Appeals, 148 and 149PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The plaintiffs averred that the minor plaintiff was injured in 1936 by the negligent operation of defendant’s school bus while a passenger in it on his way to school and that the school district was insured, by a policy made part of the statement of claim, against liability for such injuries. The school district filed a statutory demurrer which was sustained.
It has been repeatedly held that school districts are not liable for such negligence: Devlin v. Phila. School District. 337 Pa. 209, 10 A.2d 408; Goldstein v. Phila. School District, 329 Pa. 71, 196 A. 863; Carlo v. Scranton…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ford v. Kendall Bor. Sch. DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Carlo v. Scranton School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
- Silverstein v. KastnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Devlin v. Philadelphia School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Foster v. Mutual Guarantee Building & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Ayala v. Philadelphia Board of Public EducationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Siidekum v. Animal Rescue League of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- Parks v. ParksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Commonwealth ex rel. Orris v. RobertsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Zauflik, A., Aplt. v. Pennsbury School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
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