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Dobson v. Milton Hershey Sch.

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania

Decided December 7, 2018No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:16-CV-1958PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChristopher C. Conner, Chief Judge

Plaintiff Adam Dobson ("Dobson") seeks leave to file a second amended complaint.

*432(Doc. 106). Defendants the Milton Hershey School and the Hershey Trust Company, as Trustee for the Milton Hershey School Trust (collectively, "the School"), oppose Dobson's motion. Although we reject Dobson's amendments as proposed, we will reinstate several of Dobson's tort claims, which were improvidently dismissed pursuant to the gist of the action doctrine.

I. Factual Background & Procedural History

Dobson is a former student of the School, which is a private, nonprofit institution that offers cost-free…

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