D.C. v. HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL

No. B204634.

176 Cal.App.4th 836 (2009)

D.C., a Minor, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

August 14, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Gerstein; and Jennifer L. Lynch for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Musick, Peeler & Garrett, Stuart W. Rudnick and Kent A. Halkett for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

MALLANO, P. J.

A student and his parents filed this action against his school, alleging it was liable under the state's hate crimes laws (Civ. Code, §§ 51.7, 52.1) for death threats he received from classmates who misperceived his sexual orientation. The trial court ordered that all of the claims— the statutory hate crimes claim and several common law claims—be arbitrated in accordance with the school...

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