Swartley v. Seattle School District No. 1

Langenbach, J. † —

This is an action for the wrongful death of a minor school child. The appeal is upon the sole issue of liability.

On December 12, 1962, the boy, aged 12 years and 5 months, and a seventh grader, was working on a project in the manual training class in a junior high school in Seattle. Adjacent to the manual training room was a storeroom in which wood materials for student projects were kept. In it 20 to 24 sheets of plywood were stacked vertically — leaning against a wall for support. They were leaning at 'an angle estimated from 11/2 to 71/2 degrees out of plumb toward the…