Kidder v. Hanes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK JEFFREY D. KIDDER, Plaintiff, v. DECISION AND ORDER 21-CV-1109S DENNIS F. HANES and DONNA M. HANES, Defendants. I. Introduction In this removed diversity action1, Plaintiff Jeffrey Kidder (“Plaintiff” or “Kidder”) originally sued Defendants Dennis and Donna Hanes for sexual assaults and other torts against Kidder between April 1972 and July 1974 in New York and Pennsylvania (Docket No. 1, Notice of Removal, Ex. A, State Compl. at 1, or “Compl.”). Kidder seeks damages for his injuries from suffering sexual abuse at the hands of Dennis…