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School District Not On Notice Such that the Assault by Another Student Was Foreseeable

The Second Department determined defendant school district’s motion for summary judgment in a student’s “negligent supervision” action was properly granted. The student was grabbed by another student and had been the subject of bullying. The court found that the school was not on notice such that the act complained of was foreseeable:

To establish a breach of the duty to provide adequate supervision in a case involving injuries caused by the acts of fellow students, a plaintiff must demonstrate that school authorities ” had sufficiently specific knowledge or notice of the dangerous conduct which caused injury; that is, that the third-party acts could reasonably have been anticipated'” … . Actual or constructive notice of prior similar conduct is generally required, and injury caused by the “impulsive, unanticipated act of a fellow student ordinarily will not give rise to a finding of negligence absent proof of prior conduct that would have put a reasonable person on notice to protect against the injury-causing act” … .

Here, the defendant established, prima facie, that the alleged assault by a student in the cafeteria was an unforseeable act and that it had no actual or constructive notice of prior conduct similar to the incident in the cafeteria … . Maldari v Mount Pleasant Cent. Sch. Dist., 2015 NY Slip Op 06788, 2nd Dept 9-16-15

 

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