Benjamin Zipursky was quoted in a U.S. News article about a California Supreme Court ruling regarding the responsibility that universities have to protect students.
The ruling only applies in California but is likely to influence judges in other U.S. states. Many U.S. courts have ruled that high schools have a duty to protect students from foreseeable violence, but it has been less certain if the same obligation exists for universities, said Benjamin Zipursky, a professor at Fordham Law School.
“The California Supreme Court is often regarded as the leading state high court on negligence law,” Zipursky said. “So I think it will have a significant impact on what other courts say on this issue.”