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Harrell v. County of Nassau

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Aug 30, 2000
275 A.D.2d 440 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

Argued June 6, 2000

August 30, 2000.

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for negligent supervision, etc., the plaintiffs appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (O'Connell, J.), dated June 1, 1999, as granted the motion of the defendant Loretta Walton for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against her.

Silberstein, Awad Miklos, P.C., Garden City, N.Y. (Paul N. Nadler and Joseph P. Awad of counsel), for appellants.

Chesney Murphy, LLP, Baldwin, N.Y. (Michelle S. Russo and Henry Nelkin of counsel), for respondent.

DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The plaintiffs' cause of action against the respondent, Loretta Walton, was based on her alleged negligent supervision of the infant plaintiff, who was sexually assaulted by Walton's 14-year-old son, while in her home for day care. The court properly granted the respondent `s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against her. In opposition to the respondent's motion establishing prima facie her entitlement to that relief, the plaintiffs failed to raise an issue of fact that the respondent had actual or constructive notice that the presence of the defendant Jose Walton posed a danger to the child (see, Mirand v. City of New York, 84 N.Y.2d 44, 49; Gattyan v. Scarsdale Union Free School Dist. No. 1, 152 A.D.2d 650, 651).


Summaries of

Harrell v. County of Nassau

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Aug 30, 2000
275 A.D.2d 440 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Harrell v. County of Nassau

Case Details

Full title:CHAZ HARRELL, ETC., ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. COUNTY OF NASSAU, ET AL.…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Aug 30, 2000

Citations

275 A.D.2d 440 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
712 N.Y.S.2d 896

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