LOCKETT v. BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 5-88-0461.

198 Ill. App.3d 252 (1990)

555 N.E.2d 1055

CHRISTOPHER LOCKETT, A Minor, by Barbara Lockett, his Mother and Next Friend, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 189, Defendant-Appellee (Vandalia Bus Lines, Inc., Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant; Clyde C. Jordan et al., Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed May 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Richard Jones, of Carr, Korein, Schlichter, Tillery, Kunin & Montroy, of East St. Louis, for appellants.

David B. Stutsman and Leslie G. Offergeld, both of Walker & Williams, P.C., of Belleville, for appellee Vandalia Bus Lines, Inc.

Philip R. Rice, of Rice Law Offices, of Belleville, for appellee Board of Education for School District No. 189.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Christopher Lockett was a fourth-grade student at A.M. Jackson School in the East St. Louis School District (School District) on April 13, 1981. After school that day he boarded the school bus and sat at the rear of the bus. On the route home, the bus stopped to unload passengers. Christopher stood up, looked out the open window, and saw a boy outside bend down and pick up an object. Christopher...

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