Woman raped in the Burren awarded $2.5m by US court US school failed to provide secure housing for woman on study trip, judge rules
Fri, Feb 5, 2021, 06:00
A US judge has awarded $2.5 million to a woman who was raped during a study programme in the Burren, Co Clare, in June 2016.
In a court ruling in Providence, Rhode Island, a federal judge found that Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) failed to provide safe and secure housing that would have allowed the former student to lock her bedroom door and prevent the perpetrator entering.
US District Court chief judge John McConnell jnr ruled that RISD had breached its duty of care by failing to ensure students had keys to their rooms and that its negligence led to the attack.