Doe v. Boy Scouts of America Corp.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
1Opinion of the CourtRogers, C. J.
The primary issue that we must resolve in this appeal is whether the trial court should have instructed the jury that the defendant, The Boy Scouts of America Corporation, 1 could not be held responsible for the sexual abuse of the plaintiff, John Doe, 2 by a fellow member of the Boy Scouts unless the plaintiff proved that the defendant's own conduct increased the risk that the plaintiff would be subjected to such abuse. The plaintiff brought this action against the defendant claiming that, while he was a member of a Boy Scout troop during the mid-1970s, he was sexually abused during scouting…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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