Legal Opinion
Brownell v. Los Angeles Unified School District
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 16, 1992No. B056828PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BOREN, J.
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) appeals following a $120,000 jury verdict arising from an incident in which a student, Ernest P. Brownell III, was shot and wounded by gang members. The shooting occurred immediately after school hours and on a public street adjacent to school property. Brownell alleged negligent supervision in that LAUSD personnel had dismissed the students after school without first ascertaining if the street in front of the school was free of any gang members.
In somewhat related contentions, LAUSD asserts that (1) the trial court erred in…
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