A handicapped woman who came from Georgia to see her daughter graduate from USC in May is suing the university for negligence and premises liability, alleging she fell out of her wheelchair and broke her amputated right leg due to the negligence of two employees.

Zelda Outlaw’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit was filed Aug. 25 and seeks unspecified general and special damages as well as compensation for medical expenses. A USC representative issued a statement Tuesday, stating that the university is aware of the lawsuit and that it’s being reviewed.

According to Outlaw’s complaint, she went to USC to see her daughter’s commencement ceremonies on May 16 in a wheelchair because of a 2023 below-the-knee amputation or her right leg, although she had been trying to walk with a prosthetic l

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