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THE COMPLAINT ADEQUATELY ALLEGED THE COUNTY’S NEGLIGENT SUPERVISION OF PLAINTIFF WHILE SHE WAS IN FOSTER CARE; THE QUALIFIED IMMUNITY PURSUANT TO SOCIAL SERVICES LAW 419 IS NOT APPLICABLE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court in this Child Victims Act case, determined the complaint adequately alleged the defendant county knew or should have known of plaintiff’s foster father’s propensity to commit child abuse. The qualified immunity pursuant to Social Services Law 419 does not apply to negligent supervision of children in foster care:

“[C]ounties and foster care agencies may be sued to recover damages for negligence in the selection of foster parents and in supervision of the foster home” … . “In order to find that a child care agency breached its duty to adequately supervise the children entrusted to its care, a plaintiff must establish that the agency had sufficiently specific knowledge or notice of the dangerous conduct which caused injury; that is, that the third-party acts could reasonably have been anticipated” … .

Here, the complaint, which asserted that the abuse was foreseeable, inter alia, because the County knew or in the exercise of reasonable care should have known of the foster father’s propensity to engage in the sexual abuse of children, sufficiently alleged that the County had notice of the dangerous conduct at issue such that the abuse could reasonably have been anticipated … . Moreover, the complaint sufficiently alleged that the County was negligent in failing to ensure that proper safeguards were in place so as to ensure the safety of the plaintiff in the foster home … .

… [T]he County was not entitled to qualified immunity pursuant to Social Services Law § 419, as qualified immunity does not bar recovery for the negligent supervision of children in foster care … . Grabowski v Orange County, 2023 NY Slip Op 04580, Second Dept 9-13-23

Practice Point: In this Child Victim’s Act case, the complaint adequately alleged the county knew or should have known of her foster father’s propensity to commit child abuse. The qualified immunity in Social Services Law 419 does not apply to negligent supervision of children in foster care.

 

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