Graves v. North Eastern Services, Inc.

Justice LEE,

opinion of the Court:

T 1 This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a defense motion for summary judgment. Plaintiffs alleged negligence in the hiring, training, and supervision of defendants' employees resulting in the sexual assault of A.R. (a minor child) by defendants' employee Matthew Cooper. The assault took place in a home occupied by disabled individuals who were living under defendants' care. Defendants moved for summary judgment on the grounds that they owed no duty of care to A.R. and that plaintiffs had failed to establish a standard of care through expert…