Litigation & Arbitration
Nov. 27, 2023
District not to blame for child attacked in front of school
The plaintiffs claimed that the incident fell within an exception in the Education Code because the school “specifically assumed such responsibility or liability or has failed to exercise reasonable care under the circumstances.”
The Covina-Valley Unified School District won summary judgment in a case claiming that it was partly culpable when two students attacked a third in front of a school.
The plaintiff had claimed that Education Code 44808, which shields districts from liability in off-campus incidents, didn’t apply in this case because the fight occurred in front of the school and one assailant had a documented history of violence.
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