Court Opinion

ID: 3852937
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 08:35:27.502936+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:40:59.733065
License: Public Domain

The minor plaintiff, 12 years of age, was injured while playing on the fire escape of one of the schools maintained by appellee. It appears the child tripped over a pile of books placed on the steps by other pupils during recess. Appellants contended that permitting the children *Page 72 
to place books on the fire escape as a daily habit and to use it for play, constituted a nuisance which the school district negligently permitted to exist.
The court below properly concluded that the condition described by appellants' witnesses did not constitute a nuisance. At most, the agents and servants of the school district were negligent in permitting the pupils to do the things related, and it is well settled that a school district is not liable for the ordinary negligence of its employees:Carlo v. Scranton School District, 319 Pa. 417.
Judgment affirmed.