Molitor v. Kaneland Community Unit District No. 302

This action was brought against a school district to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by a pupil when he was riding in a school bus. It was alleged that the bus left the road as a result of the driver’s negligence, hit a culvert, burned, and thereby caused plaintiff’s injuries. The defendant district moved to dismiss the pupil’s complaint on the ground that a school district is immune from liability for tort. Plaintiff contended that dismissal of his action would violate his rights under sections 2 and 19 of Article II of the Constitution of Illinois and section 2 of the 14th…