Court Opinion

ID: 9749227
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 16:28:36.75506+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:45.308804
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion by
Mr. Justice Musmanno :
I believe that the Majority Opinion magnifies and makes unnecessarily complex the issue in this case. It is simply a trespass action, of which there are myriads. I believe we should decide whether the defendants are liable as a matter of law and justice, just as, in the Flagiello case, we decided whether a charitable institution is liable for the torts of its agents.
The day will come when this Court can no longer escape answering the question as to whether school districts are liable in tort under circumstances such as those announced in this litigation. It is a vain hope that some other branch of the government will accept the task which is strictly that of the judiciary. Indeed, I would say it is an improper hope to indulge in, that the Legislature will take over a responsibility which resides in the courts.
There is adequate law on the books to guide us in rendering a decision founded on the natural and eternal *109principles of justice. I see no reason for postponing the inevitable.
I would decide this case today by reversing the lower court’s dismissal of the complaint.