The Star-Ledger reports on the liability of the Newark School Board in the case of the survivors of three college students who were fatally shot in the playground of the Mount Vernon School in Newark’s Ivy Hill neighborhood on August 4th, 2007. Relatives of the slain students filed a civil suit “alleging that the school board failed to provide adequate security in the playground, despite knowledge of serious criminal threats arising from nearby streets.” The murders occurred during the summer and late at night when, of course, the school was not in session.
Superior Court Judge Dennis Carey denied a motion by the Board of Education that it be dismissed as a defendant in the suit filed by surviving shooting victim Natasha Aeriel and relatives of three slain college students.
