Buck v. Zwelling

—Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: Supreme Court properly granted that part of the motion of Niagara Falls Coach Lines, Inc. (defendant) for summary judgment dismissing the cause of action for the negligent hiring, retention and supervision of its employee, defendant Thomas C. Zwelling. Defendant established that it neither knew nor should have known of any verbal or physical assaults or batteries by Zwelling to support that cause of action (see, Kenneth R. v Roman Catholic Diocese, 229 AD2d 159, 161, cert…