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MATTER OF HOGAN v. BD. OF EDUC. OF THE NORTH COLONIE CENT. SCH. DIST.

83 A.D.2d 729 (1981)

In the Matter of James Hogan et al., On Behalf of Their Son, Keith Hogan, Respondents, v. Board of Education of the North Colonie Central School District et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

July 23, 1981

The essential facts are not in dispute. On June 12, 1979, Keith Hogan, the son of petitioners and a student at Shaker High School, dropped a lighted match into a garbage can three-fourths full of discarded papers causing the contents to ignite. The fire alarm system was then activated and the school of approximately 2,000 students was completely evacuated. The students were between classes at the time and many were in the corridors including the one in which the fire occurred...

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