Berlin v. Drexel University

TARIFF,J.,

— The pending motion for judgment on the pleadings pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1034 was filed by the City of Philadelphia (City), additional defendant in this litigation. The genesis of this civil action was a criminal assault on plaintiff, Jerald Berlin, which occurred while he was a student at Drexel University (Drexel). Berlin was shot in the left thigh by an unknown assailant while walking from the rear of his fraternity house to a garage the evening of October 14, 1973. The theory of liability upon which suit was subsequently brought against Drexel was the claimed failure to provide…