McAuley v. Valley Stream Union Free School District Thirteen

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Cozzens, J.), dated July 16, 1999, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

It is well established that a school is not the insurer of the safety of its students, and it is only under a duty to exercise the degree of reasonable care that a parent of ordinary prudence would have exercised under comparable circumstances (see, Hauser v North Rockland Cent. School Dist. No. 1,…