Husser v. Pittsburgh School District

Opinion

Per Curiam,

The minor plaintiff attended a public high school in the city of Pittsburgh. While leaving the school through the boys’ exit at the end of the day’s classes on February 11, 1965, he was accosted, assaulted and seriously beaten by a group of rowdy youths when he refused their demands for money. This action for damages against the school district was later institut*251ed. The lower court sustained preliminary objections to the complaint in the nature of a demurrer and dismissed the action. The plaintiffs appeal.

The complaint alleges that similar criminal acts occurred with great…