Legal Opinion

Rock v. Central Square School District

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided September 27, 1985PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order unanimously affirmed, without costs. Memorandum: The infant plaintiff was injured while in an eighth-grade English class taught by defendant Susan Easton in a junior high school in the defendant Central Square School District. The injury occurred prior to the commencement of class when a fellow student flipped his pen onto his desk causing the eraser to separate and strike the infant plaintiff in the eye. At the time of the incident, defendant Easton was standing in the doorway between the hall and the classroom pursuant to a directive in the faculty handbook which provided that "each…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ohman v. Board of Educ. of City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1949
  2. Carrillo v. KreckelAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
  3. Chmela v. Board of EducationNew York Supreme Court · 1960
  4. Chmela v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1962

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Gattyan v. Scarsdale Union Free School District No. 1Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  2. Hauser v. North Rockland Central School District No. 1Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  3. Merkley v. Palmyra-Macedon Central School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  4. Foster v. New Berlin Central School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  5. Norton v. Canandaigua City School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

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