WASHOE COUNTY BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES v. PIRHALA

No. 5402.

435 P.2d 756 (1968)

WASHOE COUNTY BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES, Edward Reed, William O'Brien III, Lloyd Diedrichsen, Frank Stojes, Edward Pine, Betty Cassard, Lawrence Mellott, Robert Singleton, Appellants, v. Thomas PIRHALA, Antoinette Pirhala, and Robert Pirhala, a Minor, by and Through his Guardian Ad Litem, Thomas Pirhala, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

January 2, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Echeverria and Osborne, Reno, for appellants.

Gordon W. Rice, Leo P. Bergin, Reno, for Respondents.


OPINION

BATJER, Justice.

On or about February 11, 1966, one of the respondents, eight year old Robert Pirhala, a student at the Libby Booth School, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, while on the playground, during school hours, was hit in the eye and injured.

The respondents filed suit for personal injuries suffered by the minor, and asked for damages for past and future medical expenses, and for loss of services.

The defendants denied the claim...

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