County School Board of Orange County v. Thomas

Robbie M. Thomas, an infant, instituted action by Eunice G. Thomas, his mother and next friend, against B. A. Powell, a road contractor; James F. Stewart and Hugh J. Morris, his employees; The County School Board of Orange County and Lawrence L. Hicks, its employee and operator of one of its school buses, for damages resulting from injuries he sustained when he was struck by Powell’s tar distributor truck driven by Stewart. The jury awarded plaintiff a verdict in the sum of $3,000 against The County School Board and Hicks, and found in favor of defendants Powell, Stewart and Morris. Motions…