Peterson v. San Francisco Community College District

Kathleen Peterson (plaintiff), a City College of San Francisco student, was assaulted by an attacker who jumped from behind thick, untrimmed foliage next to a parking-lot stairway. The San Francisco Community College District (defendant), which operated the school, knew similar attacks had occurred at the same stairway before but had neither publicized them nor warned students. Peterson sued for failure to warn or protect and for maintaining a dangerous condition; the trial court dismissed her complaint.