New York Court of Appeals

Edward Hoose, an Infant, by Ella Hoose, His Guardian Ad Litem, Appellant v. S. S. Drumm, as Trustees of…

July 11, 1939281 N.Y. 54

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiff's claim, holding that school trustees did not owe a duty to devise safety rules for pupils' self‑amusement and therefore were not a proximate cause of the injury; the duty of care rested with the teachers.