Doe v. Curran

NEALON, J.,

Defendant, Bernard J. Curran Ed.D., has filed preliminary objections challenging the legal sufficiency of the plaintiffs’ claim for punitive damages and seeking to strike as scandalous the allegation that plaintiff, Jane Doe, was unaware of Dr. Curran’s alleged practice of initiating sexual relations with his psychology patients. The averments that Dr. Curran lured Ms. Doe into sexual activity with him and thereafter destroyed her records in an effort to conceal his conduct are sufficient to justify the potential recovery of punitive damages. Since Ms. Doe’s ignorance of Dr.…