Bloss v. University of Minnesota Board of Regents

OPINION

LANSING, Judge

The University of Minnesota appeals the denial of statutory immunity for sexual-assault injuries of a student enrolled in a cultural immersion program in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Because the University’s challenged conduct required the balancing of educational, economic, political, and social considerations, it was acting within the scope of its discretionary function, and we reverse.

FACTS

During participation in a University-sponsored cultural immersion program in Cuer-navaca, Mexico, a student traveling to meet friends for a social evening was raped at knifepoint by a taxi…