Arnold v. Hayslett

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

This is an action for the wrongful death of a twelve-year-old junior high school stu dent who was fatally injured while riding as a passenger in a school bus. The vehicle was owned by the Board of Education, Memphis City Schools, and was being operated by its employee Tommy L. Hayslett, Jr., at the time of the accident on February 10, 1977. The child, Michael Channing Arnold, was a seventh grade student at Humes Junior High School in Memphis. In nine more days he would have reached his thirteenth birthday. He was fatally injured when he leaned out of the window of the…