Lawes v. Board of Education

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1965-12-30

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Burke, J. (dissenting). The majority opinion has correctly outlined the duty of care imposed by law upon a school for the protection of its students in a case such as this, i.e., “A reasonable measure of a school’s responsibility for snowball throwing is to control or prevent it during- recreation periods according to its best judgment of conditions, and to take energetic steps to in…

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