Legal Opinion
Tara N.P. (Anonymous) v. Western Suffolk Board of Cooperative Educational Services
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 16, 2017No. 8PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge DiFiore.
On this appeal, we are asked to determine whether Suffolk County can be held liable for damages resulting from the sexual assault of plaintiff by a worker at a County-owned facility where plaintiff took adult education classes. The worker, defendant Larry Smith, had been referred for a potential position with the lessee of the facility through the County’s “welfare to work” program. We hold that where, as here, the County’s referral of defendant Smith was within the County’s governmental capacity and the County did not assume a special duty to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Cuffy v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- Miller v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- McLean v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 2009
- Valdez v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 2011
- Applewhite v. Accuhealth, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 2013
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3Cited by24 opinions
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