Belmont v. Forest Hills Public Schools

Plaintiffs appeal by leave granted from a Kent County Circuit Court order granting summary judgment, GCR 1963, 117.2(3), to defendant Forest Hills Public Schools on the basis of governmental immunity, MCL 691.1407; MSA 3.996(107).

On October 24, 1974, David Belmont, then an eighth-grade student at Forest Hills Junior High School, sustained a serious eye injury when he was *695struck in the eye by a chalkboard eraser that had been thrown across the room by another student. The incident occurred at about 8 a.m., while the students were in their homeroom. No teacher or other staff member was present…