Tort/Negligence – Motor Vehicle Collision – Schools & School Boards – Bus – Stopped – Car – Left Turn

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Thomas v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-08-0732, 4 pp.) (Staci T. Meyer, Commissioner) Appealed from Decision & Order of Deputy Commissioner Philip A. Baddour III. I.C. No. TA-19297.

Holding: A school bus driver drove up behind a car stopped on the curb at a stop sign. The bus driver was not negligent when she drove the bus around to the left of the stopped car. The driver of the car was negligent when she began making a left turn without looking and drove into the side of the bus as it was driving around her car.

We affirm the Industrial Commission’s denial of plaintiff’s claim.