A lawsuit against the Philadelphia School District is positioned to be the first case to test the scope of a four-year-old sovereign immunity exception at an appellate level.
In L.F.V. v. South Philadelphia High School, currently pending before the Commonwealth Court, a teenager is seeking to hold her school liable for a rape she allegedly suffered at the hands of two older students during gym class.
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