Opinion
February 27, 1987
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Monroe County, Galloway, J.
Present — Denman, J.P., Boomer, Balio, Lawton and Davis, JJ.
Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed with costs to plaintiff, in accordance with the following memorandum: The complaint in this action against the County of Monroe alleges that the infant plaintiff was injured due to the negligence of a day-care mother certified by the County of Monroe. The court properly held that the complaint stated causes of action for the county's negligence in selecting and certifying the day-care mother and in improperly supervising the day-care home (see, Harris v. State of New York, 117 A.D.2d 298, 302; Blanca v. County of Nassau, 103 A.D.2d 524, 530-532, affd 65 N.Y.2d 712; Bartels v. County of Westchester, 76 A.D.2d 517, 523). The first cause of action, however, attempts to impose liability upon the county on the theory of respondeat superior. The court should have dismissed that cause of action because the county cannot be vicariously responsible for the injuries allegedly inflicted by the day-care mother (see, Blanca v. County of Nassau, supra).
We reject defendant's assertion that the action is barred by the Statute of Limitations. The statute was tolled by reason of plaintiff's infancy and there is no requirement that plaintiff demonstrate a nexus between the infancy and the failure to bring the action within the stated period of limitation (see, CPLR 208).