Coker v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

Moss, Justice.

Nell F. Coker, the appellant herein, brought this action against Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, the respondent herein, under what is now Section 21-840 of the 1962 Code, for the recovery of actual damages for personal injuries sustained as a result of the “negligent, careless, reckless, willful and wanton” operation of a school bus.

The aforementioned statute requires insurance on all State-owned school buses and provides for two forms of coverage: (1) school children, without regard to fault or negligence, while doing certain acts in connection with school attendance; and…