PETERSON v. SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIST.

Docket No. S.F. 24587.

36 Cal.3d 799 (1984)

685 P.2d 1193

205 Cal. Rptr. 842

KATHLEEN PETERSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

September 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John J. Conneely, John D. O'Connor, Thomas M. Peterson and Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Leo J. O'Brien, Lawrence A. Margoles and Barfield, Barfield, Dryden & Ruane for Defendants and Respondents.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Marvin Goldsmith, Assistant Attorney General, Seward L. Andrews and Bruce J. Braverman, Deputy Attorneys General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

BROUSSARD, J.

This case presents the question whether a community college district and its agents have a duty to exercise due care to protect students from reasonably foreseeable assaults on the campus. We conclude that the district does owe such a duty to its students. As we shall explain, we also conclude that while the district is immune from liability for failure to provide adequate police protection, it is not immune...

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