Chatman v. Southern University at New Orleans

SANDRA CABRINA JENKINS, Judge.

11 This is an appeal of a June 2015 judgment by the trial court rendered after a jury verdict in favor of appellee Gloria Chatman and against appellant Southern University at New Orleans (“SUNO”), finding that SUNO was 15 percent at fault for the personal injuries sustained by Ms. *370Chatman when she was attacked by her roommate and a non-resident minor in an on-campus housing facility in January 2010.

For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The physical attack that prompted this civil suit — as well as a criminal prosecution of Ms.…