Alter v. City of Newton

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the plaintiff was “a student to whom [the city] owed a duty of care”
• stating the alleged negligence by the city in failing to warn of the danger does not fall within the exception of §10(b)
• immunity conferred where city’s decision not to erect fence around school athletic field constituted integral part of governmental policy making or planning
• decision not to erect fence around school playing field a discretionary act immune from suit
• “the application of the discretionary function exception is a question of law for the court”
• “[T]he plaintiff was not just a member of the public, but was ... a student to whom [the city] owed a duty of care”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).