Legal Opinion
Palella v. Ulmer
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 30, 1987PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
William H. Keniry, J.
The issue presented is whether a school district can be held liable in negligence to a truant student seriously injured while a passenger in an automobile operated by another truant student which crashed during a high-speed police pursuit at a *35location a considerable distance from the school and at a time beyond normal school hours.
The infant plaintiff Carmen Charles Palella, III (Palella), was a student in the Junior-Senior High School operated by the Rensselaer City School District (School District) on December 17, 1984. He was then 14 years old.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Nallan v. Helmsley-Spear, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Pulka v. EdelmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Pratt v. RobinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Waters v. New York City Housing AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Honeycutt v. City of WichitaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1992
- Edson v. Barre Supervisory Union 61Supreme Court of Vermont · 2007
- Palella v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Kazanjian v. Sch. Bd. of Palm Beach CountyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
- Chalen v. Glen Cove School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
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