Massimilian v. Board of Education

The question now before us is whether section 569-a of the Education Law (Laws of 1937, chap. 887) gives to the plaintiff or one similarly situated, a cause of action against the board of education or trustees of a school district, or whether such statute is intended to be a means of indemnification from personal financial loss of the negligent actor mentioned in section 569-a of the Education Law. Such section of the Education Law is as follows: “ Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, general, special or local, or the limitation contained in the provisions of any *429city charter,…