Legal Opinion
Nace v. Pennridge School District
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 6, 2016No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 15-333PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WENDY BEETLESTONE, District Judge.
This case concerns the civil liability of a high school softball coach who engaged in an unlawful sexual relationship with a sixteen-year-old player on his team, the school district that employed the coach and was unaware of the relationship, and a private school that had previously forced the coach to resign due to allegations of sexual harassment but never reported those allegations to outside authorities. Defendant Eric Romig was a softball coach at Pennridge High School when he used text messages to cultivate a relationship with Plaintiff E.N. — a…
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