Gonzales v. State of California

Plaintiff, a minor,'appeals from a judgment dismissing his action against the defendant, State of California, premised on an order granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment.

The action was initiated by a complaint alleging plaintiff was injured when struck by a school bus; named the bus driver, Grace Erickson, Calipatria Unified School District, the County of Imperial, the State of California and 10 Does, as defendants; contained separately stated causes of action against the different named defendants; in two causes of action named Grace Erickson, the 10 Does and the State of California as defendants; in one of these causes of action alleged, in substance, Grace Erickson and the 10 Does were employees of the State of California, each of these defendants negligently failed to properly supervise or provide proper supervision of school children entering upon or disembarking from school buses owned and operated by the school district, which defendants used to transport school students to and from the Niland Elementary School, as a result of which plaintiff was injured; and the other cause of action alleged Grace Erickson and the 10 Does were driving the school bus…