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Simpson v. Harlem River Houses Children's Center

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department
Nov 23, 1960
28 Misc. 2d 696 (N.Y. App. Term 1960)

Opinion

November 23, 1960

Appeal from the Municipal Court of the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, HERMAN C. STOUTE, J.

Casper B. Ughetta and Alexander P. Gillen for appellant.

W. Eugene Sharpe for respondents.


The sole testimony as to the happening of the accident was by the infant plaintiff and was insufficient to establish any breach of supervisory duty on the part of her teacher or failure on his part to foresee any danger or that the infant would do what she did voluntarily, without request by or knowledge of the teacher. All movements of pupils need not be under constant scrutiny ( Conway v. Board of Educ., 11 Misc.2d 162). The accident did not result from a lack of proper supervision or of negligence on the part of the defendants but by reason of the infant's voluntary act. ( Ohman v. Board of Educ., 300 N.Y. 306 ; Conway v. Board of Educ., supra; Favale v. Roosevelt Public School Dist., 193 N.Y.S. 202; Bertola v. Board of Educ., 1 A.D.2d 973.)

The judgment should be reversed, with $30 costs, and complaint dismissed, with costs.

Concur — HOFSTADTER, J.P., AURELIO and TILZER, JJ.

Judgment reversed, etc.


Summaries of

Simpson v. Harlem River Houses Children's Center

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department
Nov 23, 1960
28 Misc. 2d 696 (N.Y. App. Term 1960)
Case details for

Simpson v. Harlem River Houses Children's Center

Case Details

Full title:KAREN SIMPSON, by THELMA SIMPSON, Her Guardian ad Litem, et al.…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department

Date published: Nov 23, 1960

Citations

28 Misc. 2d 696 (N.Y. App. Term 1960)
208 N.Y.S.2d 133