Legal Opinion
Torres v. Little Flower Children's Services
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 27, 1984PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kaye, J.
In Hoffman v Board of Educ. (49 NY2d 121) and Donohue v Copiague Union Free School Dist. (47 NY2d 440), we dismissed complaints for educational malpractice, holding that as a matter of public policy the courts would not second-guess the professional judgments of public school educators and administrators in selecting programs for particular students. In the appeal before us plaintiff, who never learned to read despite a public school education, seeks damages from his legal custodians for his failure to receive an appropriate education. While he urges that there are…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Goss v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Klostermann v. CuomoNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Donohue v. Copiague Union Free School DistrictNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Paladino v. Adelphi UniversityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
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- Cencor, Inc. v. TolmanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
- Baldridge v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
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