Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Bellows Falls Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses
District Court, D. Vermont
Decided March 25, 2015No. Case No. 1:14-CV-205-JGMPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND FOR A MORE DEFINITE STATEMENT (Docs. 11,12)
J. GARVAN MURTHA, District Judge.
I. Introduction
Plaintiff Anessa Lewis alleges Norton True, a Ministerial Servant of the Jeho*764vah’s Witness Church, sexually abused her when she was a child. She brings claims against True, the Bellows Falls Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Bellows Falls, Vermont, Inc., and the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. for breach of fiduciary duty (Count I), negligence (Count II), ratification (Count III), and fraud by omission/eoncealment (Count IV).…
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