Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Bellows Falls Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses
District Court, D. Vermont
Decided March 30, 2017No. Case No. 1:14-cv-205PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND TO STRIKE
Hon. J. Garvan Murtha, United States District Judge
I. Introduction
Plaintiff Annessa Lewis (“Lewis” or Plaintiff) commenced this diversity action *535in October 2014. (Doc. 1.) She alleges Norton True (“True”), a Ministerial Servant of the Jehovah’s Witness Church, sexually-abused her when she was a child. The claim remaining against Bellows Falls Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Bellows Falls, Vermont, Inc. (the “Congregation”) and Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. (‘Watchtower”), following motions to dismiss,…
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