Legal Opinion
John Doe 1 v. Scott
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 28, 1987No. 86 Civ. 1288 (WK)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHITMAN KNAPP, District Judge.
Parents seek to recover for injuries sustained by their children while the infants were under the care and custody of the West Point Child Development Center (“Center”), a day care center operated by the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Plaintiffs allege that the infants were physically abused and sexually molested by Center employees as well as by strangers due to the defendants’ negligent operation of the Center.
The defendants can be roughly divided into two groups: those who allegedly molested the infants, and those who were responsible…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. ShearerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Thigpen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
- Melissa Johnson, an Infant by Barbara Johnson, Her Mother and Natural Guardian and Barbara Johnson, Individually v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- Richard Lambertson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Loritts v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1980
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Joanne Bembenista v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
- Robert C. Guccione v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- John Doe, Alexis Doe v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Harris v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1992
- Ryan v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2001
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