A New York school district is being sued by the families of two students who claim to have been knocked down by a classmate during a field trip to the Bronx Zoo.

According to news reports, two girls were knocked to the ground by an 11-year-old boy. During court proceedings, the boy testified that he accidentally ran into the girls while he was being chased by another student; the parents of the girls maintain that the boy pushed them to the ground. The lawsuit alleges that those in charge did not properly supervise the children during the field trip and members of Cornwall Central School District should have anticipated that the 11-year-old boy could be a behavior problem.

The majority in the New York Appellate Division recently ruled that the case could proceed toward trial. In his dissent, Presiding Justice Randall Eng called the 11-year-old’s conduct impulsive, and said the district could not have anticipated it.

—Source: abajournal.com