Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Superior Court (Rosen) | |
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Argued January 3, 2018 Decided March 22, 2018 | |
Full case name | The Regents of the University of California, et al., Petitioners, v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Katherine Rosen, Real Party in Interest. |
Citation(s) | 4 Cal.5th 607 (2018); 230 Cal. Rptr. 3d 415; 413 P.3d 656 |
Holding | |
A university has a special relationship with its students, and thus has a duty to protect them from foreseeable violence in classroom or curricular settings. | |
Court membership | |
Chief Justice | Tani Cantil-Sakauye |
Associate Justices | Carol Corrigan, Goodwin Liu, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Leondra Kruger, James A. Richman [a] |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Corrigan, joined by Cantil-Sakauye, Liu, Cuéllar, Kruger, Richman |
Concurrence | Chin |
Regents of the University of California v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, 4 Cal. 5th 607, 413 P.3d 656 (2018), was a case in which the Supreme Court of California held that universities owe a duty to protect students from foreseeable violence during curricular activities. [1] [2] In an opinion by Justice Carol Corrigan, the Court reinstated the 2010 case in which Katherine Rosen, a former UCLA student, sued the university for negligence when another student stabbed her in a chemistry lab. Following this ruling, Rosen can continue to pursue the case in court. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Rosen's action alleged that the university breached its duty of care by failing to adopt reasonable measures that would have protected her from another student's violent on-campus attack. The Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Seven initially held that a public university had no general duty to protect its students from criminal acts of other students, thus the university's summary judgment motion was wrongly denied by the superior court. [8] [9] [10] [11]
Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Superior Court (Rosen) | |
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Argued January 3, 2018 Decided March 22, 2018 | |
Full case name | The Regents of the University of California, et al., Petitioners, v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Katherine Rosen, Real Party in Interest. |
Citation(s) | 4 Cal.5th 607 (2018); 230 Cal. Rptr. 3d 415; 413 P.3d 656 |
Holding | |
A university has a special relationship with its students, and thus has a duty to protect them from foreseeable violence in classroom or curricular settings. | |
Court membership | |
Chief Justice | Tani Cantil-Sakauye |
Associate Justices | Carol Corrigan, Goodwin Liu, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Leondra Kruger, James A. Richman [a] |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Corrigan, joined by Cantil-Sakauye, Liu, Cuéllar, Kruger, Richman |
Concurrence | Chin |
Regents of the University of California v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, 4 Cal. 5th 607, 413 P.3d 656 (2018), was a case in which the Supreme Court of California held that universities owe a duty to protect students from foreseeable violence during curricular activities. [1] [2] In an opinion by Justice Carol Corrigan, the Court reinstated the 2010 case in which Katherine Rosen, a former UCLA student, sued the university for negligence when another student stabbed her in a chemistry lab. Following this ruling, Rosen can continue to pursue the case in court. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Rosen's action alleged that the university breached its duty of care by failing to adopt reasonable measures that would have protected her from another student's violent on-campus attack. The Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Seven initially held that a public university had no general duty to protect its students from criminal acts of other students, thus the university's summary judgment motion was wrongly denied by the superior court. [8] [9] [10] [11]