Vann v. Board of Education

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

Javelle Vann, a minor, and Sevenia Vann, her mother and natural guardian, here appeal an order of *605the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County which sustained preliminary objections to a complaint against the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia (School District) and dismissed the complaint. We affirm.

On February 21, 1981, at approximately 11:00 p.m., Javelle Vann was walking on the sidewalk adjacent to the Anderson School at 61st Street and Cobbs Creek Parkway. She was assaulted and forceably taken through an unsecured gate in the fence around…