(Download) "Ford V. Riverside City School District" by Fourth Appellate District District Court Of Appeal Of California ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Ford V. Riverside City School District
- Author : Fourth Appellate District District Court Of Appeal Of California
- Release Date : January 25, 1953
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 69 KB
Description
This is an action for damages for personal injuries. It is alleged in the complaint that on May 10, 1949, plaintiff, a minor of the age of 9 years, was a pupil at the Bryant Elementary School in the city of Riverside; that during the morning recess, he and another third grade pupil (James Miller) were pulling thorns from a palm tree in a shrub area on the school grounds; that as James Miller was pulling a thorn, it suddenly came loose, the force of the pull driving the point of the thorn into the left eye of the plaintiff, severely injuring it; that the damages and injury to plaintiff were occasioned by the direct result of the negligent, reckless and careless management, operation, control and supervision of said school and school grounds by the defendants and that the defendants negligently, recklessly and carelessly maintained and allowed to be maintained, under their direction and control and with their knowledge the said shrub area and palm tree; that the said palm tree and the said palm tree thorns thereof is a dangerous agency and was so known by the defendants; that defendants failed to prune said palm tree and to prune off said palm tree thorns or to take any precautions to protect children from them.