The issue before us is whether defendants, who are deemed to have had prior notice of an assault on the almost 14-year-old plaintiff Jayvaun Stephenson, are liable for negligently failing to prevent the assault. On October 22, 2003, Stephenson, a student at Middle School 113 in the Bronx, and Lorenzo McDonald, a fellow student, had a fistfight on the school grounds, during which McDonald punched Stephenson once in the face and Stephenson punched McDonald twice. Neither boy...
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