N.L. v. Bethel School District

¶1 NL1 appeals the superior court’s summary judgment dismissal of her negligence claim against Bethel School District (BSD). NL sued BSD after she was sexually assaulted by a registered sex offender BSD student, Nicholas Clark, while the two were off school grounds. NL has asked us to determine whether BSD, which knew of Clark’s sex offender status, owed a duty of care to protect NL and, if so, whether as a matter of law NL’s sexual assault was within the general field of danger that BSD could have or should have reasonably anticipated. We hold that (1) BSD owed a duty of reasonable care to…