NERO v. KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

No. 68,564

253 Kan. 567 (1993)

861 P.2d 768

SHANA NERO, Appellant, v. KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed September 22, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Scott Hesse, of Myers, Pottroff and Ball, of Manhattan, argued the cause, and Jerry Kirksey and Roy S. Dickinson, of Jerry Kirksey & Associates, of Edmond, Oklahoma, were with him on the brief for appellant.

Jennifer M. Kassebaum, associate university attorney, argued the cause, and Dorothy L. Thompson, associate university attorney, was on the brief for appellee.


The opinion was delivered by

ABBOTT, J.:

Shana Nero appeals from the trial court's grant of summary judgment to Kansas State University (KSU). At issue is whether KSU has a duty to protect residents of university residence halls and, if so, the nature and extent of that duty.

Shana Nero was sexually assaulted in a coed residence hall by a fellow residence hall student, Ramon Davenport.

Thirty-five days earlier, Ramon Davenport resided in Moore...

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