Teacher's estranged husband shot her, himself and a student in the classroom
A school district is vicariously liable for injuries that the negligence of the school personnel responsible for student supervision proximately caused, the California Court of Appeal has said.
The case of C.I., a Minor, etc. et al. v. San Bernardino City Unified School District et al. arose from a shooting in an elementary school. In 2017, the perpetrator entered the classroom where his estranged wife was teaching. He shot her, a student, and himself in front of the class.
The plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against the San Bernardino City Unified School District, the school principal, and the late teacher’s estate. They claimed that the defendants were negligent when they failed to perform their duties, which led to the shooter gaining unsupervised access to the classroom.
They also alleged that the defendants were liable based on the property’s dangerous condition, which created a reasonably foreseeable risk that a school employee’s negligent act or omission caused and/or that the school district actually or constructively knew.
The teacher’s estate filed a motion for summary judgment to dismiss the suit. The trial court granted this motion based on the following facts: the perpetrator never threatened to shoot or harm his wife or others at the school; she did not fear for her life before the incident; and she could not have known that her husband would carry out that type of attack.
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