GUILDERLAND — Two lawsuits were filed against the Guilderland school district this spring, each claiming negligence and each seeking unspecified compensation for injuries.

Both suits were filed in Albany County Supreme Court.

Guilderland Superintendent Marie Wiles declined to comment on either suit, stating on June 13, “With open ongoing litigation, I really can’t comment at this time …. It's in the hands of our insurance carriers.”

On May 30, William Wright filed a suit against the district and one of its bus drivers regarding an accident that occurred over a year before, on May 1, 2024.

The suit, filed by Moses Ahn of Morgan & Morgan of New York City — which touts itself as “America's Largest Injury Firm” — alleges that Wright was hit by a school bus at the entrance of 113 Krumkill Rd. as he was “riding an e-scooter motor vehicle.”

“Said collision and the resulting damages and injuries to the plaintiff was caused solely by the negligence of the defendants,” the suit says.

It also claims, “William Wright was rendered sick and sore; has been and will be obliged to receive medical care and attention and to expend large sums of money; has and will be prevented from following this usual occupation and activities and is otherwise injured permanently.”

On June 5, Timothy and Barbara Wilford of Altamont, parents of a ninth-grade son on the Guilderland High School track team, filed a suit against both the district and the high school for an incident that occurred well over a year ago on March 19, 2024.

The suit, filed by George E. LaMarche III of LaMarche Sarfranko Law of Cohoes, alleges that coaching staff took the team to run on “an abandoned road and a bridge that is barricaded and closed” adjacent to Frenchs Mill Road, which crosses over a railroad track.

“Plaintiff was instructed by his coach to ignore the safety barriers and run on and through the barricaded bridge area despite its closure,” the suit claims and he was “seriously injured during track practice due to the instructions of his track coach and attempting to climb over the barricades intended to prevent entrance.”

The suit lists two causes of action:

— Negligence: The suit alleges “negligence, recklessness, and/or willful disregarded by the defendant” and claims the plaintiff  “sustained certain serious and permanent personal injuries and substantial and continuing damages and significant expenses”; and

— Derivative damages: Timothy and Barbara Wilford, as the boy’s parents, the suit claims, “still are entitled to his services, society, companionship, and are responsible for his necessities.”

Because of their son’s injuries, his parents, the suit claims, have been deprived of said services and companionship and “have been substantially damaged and demand judgment against the Defendants for a substantial monetary sum.”