New Torts Case re protecting students from sexual assault, November 2021
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Below is a free sample of a new case summary from the newly published issue of California Case Summaries Monthly™, with summaries of the 32 new California civil and family law cases published in November of 2021.
California Courts of Appeal
Torts
Doe v. Lawndale Elementary School Dist. (2021) _ Cal.App.5th _ , 2021 WL 5578329: The Court of Appeal reversed in part, and affirmed in part, the trial court’s order granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment in an action for sexual assault of a minor student by a music teacher. The Court of Appeal concluded that school administrators have a duty to protect students from sexual abuse by school employees, even if the school does not have actual knowledge of a particular employee’s history of committing, or propensity to commit, such abuse. Therefore, it reversed the trial court’s order...