Lockett v. Board of Education

Christopher Lockett was a fourth-grade student at A.M. Jackson School in the East St. Louis School District (School District) on April 13, 1981. After school that day he boarded the school bus and sat at the rear of the bus. On the route home, the bus stopped to unload passengers. Christopher stood up, looked out the open window, and saw a boy outside bend down and pick up an object. Christopher turned his head away for a moment and when he looked back, a piece of glass struck him in the left eye. The injury resulted in complete and permanent loss of vision and light perception to the eye.

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