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Litigation

Jan. 23, 2016

State supreme court will confront if UCLA liable for near fatal classroom attack

Justices to consider if university had duty to protect chemistry student Katherine Rosen.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

More than six years after a UCLA chemistry lab student repeatedly stabbed his classmate's throat with a kitchen knife, the state Supreme Court has agreed to hear a lawsuit regarding whether the university did what it could to prevent the almost fatal attack.

The high court unanimously granted on Wednesday plaintiff Katherine Rosen's petition to review a published and split 2nd District Court o...

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