California Courts of Appeal
Oct. 9, 2015
Schools owe no duty of care: panel
A 2-1 publiopinion found that UCLA did not have to warn student Katherine Rosen about a classmante who made threats about her, nor were they liable for her injuries despite knowledge of his mental state and history of violence.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Public universities have no duty to protect students from third party conduct, even
when the university has knowledge of past dangerous behavior or threats by the third
party, the 2nd District Court of Appeal held Wednesday in a published, split decision.
The case stems from a 2009 incident in which University of California...
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