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WILLIAMS v. WEATHERSTONE

No. 68

23 N.Y.3d 384 (2014)

15 N.E.3d 792

991 N.Y.S.2d 779

2014 NY Slip Op 3425

RHONDA WILLIAMS, Individually and as Parent and Natural Guardian of A., an Infant, Respondent, v. SHARON T. WEATHERSTONE, Defendant, and JORDAN-ELBRIDGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided May 13, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Congdon, Flaherty , O'Callaghan, Reid, Donlon, Travis & Fishlinger, Uniondale ( Christine Gasser of counsel), and Petrone & Petrone, PC., for appellant.

Harris Beach PLLC, Pittsford ( A. Vincent Buzard , David M. Capriotti and Lauren H. Seiter of counsel), for respondent.

OPINION OF THE COURT

READ, J.

In Pratt v Robinson (39 N.Y.2d 554, 561 [1976]), we held that a school district that "undertake[s] to transport students" assumes a common-law duty to "perform so much as it ha[s] undertaken in a careful and prudent manner." We are called upon to decide whether this duty had arisen here where a child was struck by a car before the approaching...

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