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PETERSON v. DOE

No. 94-CA-1013.

647 So.2d 1288 (1994)

Willie Mae PETERSON, Wife of/and George Lewis Individually and on Behalf of Their Minor Child, Donald Lewis v. Jane DOE, ABC Security Company and Orleans Parish School Board.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 15, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne E. Garrett, New Orleans, for plaintiffs/appellees.

Clare Jupiter, Bryan, Jupiter, Lewis & Blanson, New Orleans, for defendant/appellant.

Before CIACCIO and LOBRANO and PLOTKIN, JJ.

PLOTKIN, Judge.

We are presented in this case with a res nova issue concerning the liability of a public school board for damages suffered by a student as a result of the criminal actions of third parties on or near the school grounds. No reported Louisiana cases have specifically established the extent of a public school board's duty to protect students from such criminal actions.1 We hold that the traditional duty-risk doctrine...

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