Legal Opinion
Molitor v. Kaneland Community Unit District No. 302
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided December 16, 1959No. 35249PublishedCited by 549 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Klingbiel
Plaintiff Thomas Molitor, a minor, by Peter his father and next friend, brought this action against Kaneland Community Unit School District for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when the school bus in which he was riding left the road, allegedly as a result of the driver’s negligence, hit a culvert, exploded and burned.
The complaint alleged, in substance, the negligence of the School District, through its agent and servant, the driver of the school bus; that plaintiff was in the exercise of such ordinary care for his own safety as could be reasonably expected of a boy of his age,…
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