Wright v. Scappoose School District No. IJ

Plaintiff was injured when he fell 18 feet from the top of a slide fire escape on the outside of a school building operated by the defendant school district. Before he fell, plaintiff had been playing on the fire escape.

Plaintiff’s second amended complaint alleged that the defendants knew or should have known that children regularly played on the fire escape, climbing to the top and sliding down it. The complaint alleged that the slide "fire escape was not functional * * * in that there was another fire escape which was in use, and defendants were negligent for not removing the slide fire…