Gerew v. County of Monroe

Lawton, J. (dissenting).

I must dissent. Claimant Gerew’s proposed notice of claim asserts that the county was negligent in certifying and failing properly to administer, maintain and supervise the Rivera home in its "Family Day Care Homes” Program so as to provide the infant claimants with a safe environment. It is further alleged that, because of the county’s failure properly to supervise its program, infant claimants, presently 4 and 6 years of age, were repeatedly sexually abused at the Rivera home from May 1987 to July 1988. Infant claimants’ parent first learned of the sexual abuse on…