Legal Opinion
ARTHUR G. NEWMYER v. THE SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL and JAMES F. HUNTINGTON
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 24, 2015No. 13-CV-1262+PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:
Although many issues are before us, this appeal addresses two primary questions: First, when a school counselor became romantically involved with the mother of a child at the school, did the evidence justify recovery in tort against the counselor and the school, under multiple theories, for endangering the child’s well-being? Second, when the child’s father not only filed the complaint in court but also publicized it widely through the news media, allegedly as a weapon, to disrupt the private life and career prospects of the school counselor, did the…
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