Regents of University of California v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Rosen)
| 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]
Prior history
[edit | edit source]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]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Janet Conney v. The Regents of the University of California
- Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Associate Justice of the First District of the California Court of Appeals, filling vacant seat.
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Text of Regents of the University of California v. Superior Court (Rosen) is available from: Findlaw Justia Casetext CEB California Courts (slip opinion)