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ROSS v. VEREB

481 Pa. 446 (1978)

392 A.2d 1376

Random Alan ROSS, a minor by Random Ross (father) and Dorothy Ross (mother), his guardians, and Random Ross and Dorothy Ross v. Robert J. VEREB and the City of Erie, and the School District of the City of Erie, and Arthur Coake v. Dorothy M. SCHARRER, Additional Defendant. Appeal of the CITY OF ERIE and Arthur Coake.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Alberstadt, Asst. City Sol., Erie, for appellants.

M. Fletcher Gornall, Donald E. Wright, Jr., Erie, for Random Alan Ross et al.

James P. Lay, III, Erie, for Dorothy M. Scharrer.

T. Warren Jones, Erie, for Robert J. Vereb.

Will J. Schaaf, Erie, for School Dist.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

On the wet morning of November 22, 1972, Random (Randy) Ross, an 11-year-old boy, was struck by a car on his way to school. As a result of his injuries, he suffered permanent brain damage.

The accident occurred at the intersection of Twenty-first and State Streets in the City of Erie (one of two appellants), where Arthur Coake (the other appellant) was on duty as a crossing guard. Coake led a group of school children, including...

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