SHIELDS v. PITTSBURGH SCH. DIST.


408 Pa. 388 (1962)

Shields, Appellant, v. Pittsburgh School District.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

September 25, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore M. Tracy, with him Stokes, Lurie & Tracy, for appellants.

Edmund W. Ridall, Jr., Assistant Solicitor, with him Niles Anderson, Solicitor, for school district, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN and O'BRIEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, September 25, 1962:

The minor plaintiff, Steve Shields, seven years of age, on August 13, 1960, about 7:30 o'clock p.m., while in a playground maintained by the defendant, the School District of the City of Pittsburgh, on land adjacent to one of its elementary schools, fell against an allegedly defective fence injuring his eye, resulting in its loss of vision.

This suit for damages followed. Plaintiffs contend that the school...

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