Legal Opinion

Paredes v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 4, 2012Published

1Opinion of the Court

“It is well-settled that schools have a duty to adequately supervise their students, and will be held liable for foreseeable injuries proximately related to the absence of adequate supervision” (Brandy B. v Eden Cent. School Dist., 15 NY3d 297, 302 [2010] [internal quotation marks omitted]). “[A] teacher owes it to his [or her] charges to exercise such care of them as a parent of ordinary prudence would observe in comparable circumstances” (Mirand v City of New York, 84 NY2d 44, 49 [1994] [internal quotation marks omitted]).

Summary judgment should have been granted in this action where the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Mirand v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
  2. Brandy B. v. Eden Central School DistrictNew York Court of Appeals · 2010
  3. Summer H. v. New York City Department of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 2012
  4. Hunter v. New York City Department of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012

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