Campos

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff and appellant Lenette Stephany Campos was struck by a vehicle while in an unmarked crosswalk located around the corner from her school, defendant and respondent Dr. Olga Mohan High School (OMHS), a public charter school run by defendant and respondent Alliance College Ready Public Schools (Alliance).1 She sued OMHS and Alliance for negligence. Based on its finding that Campos failed to allege a duty of care owed to her by OMHS and Alliance, the trial court sustained their joint demurrer without leave to amend. Campos appeals. We find that Campos failed to allege a duty owed to her by the School, and we therefore affirm the judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Factual background.2

OMHS is a public charter school located at 644 West 17th Street in Los Angeles. Alliance, an independent nonprofit charter school management organization, manages OMHS. OMHS is at the corner of West 17th and St. Georgia Streets in Los Angeles. The school’s exit is on West 17th Street, between St. Georgia and Figueroa. From the school, there are only two paths of travel for pedestrians, to proceed either south on St. Georgia Street to West 18th Street or east on…