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IN THIS CHILD VICTIM’S ACT (CVA) ACTION, THE COMPLAINT ADEQUATELY ALLEGED CAUSES OF ACTION FOR NEGLIGENT SUPERVISION, NEGLIGENT RECRUITMENT AND NEGLIGENT FAILURE TO WARN AGAINST BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF AMERICA (BBBS) AND FAMILY SERVICES OF WESTCHESTER (FSW) BASED ON THE ALLEGED SEXUAL CONDUCT BY A VOLUNTEER MENTOR (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department determined defendant Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBS)’s and defendant Family Services of Westchester (FSW)’s motions to dismiss the negligent supervision, negligent recruitment and negligent failure to warn causes of action were properly denied in this Child Victims Act (CVA) lawsuit. Plaintiff alleged he was sexually abused by a mentor associated with defendants:

… [T]he amended complaint adequately alleged that the defendants owed a duty of care to the plaintiff and that the sexual abuse by the mentor was foreseeable. Specifically, the amended complaint alleged that the mentor groomed and sexually abused the plaintiff “in connection with [the mentor’s] position as a volunteer with BBBS and FSW” and “in connection with BBBS and FSW sponsored activities.” During all relevant times, BBBS and FSW had allegedly assumed custody and control over the plaintiff “as a minor child in their care.” The amended complaint alleged that the defendants had a duty to “take reasonable measures to guard against child sexual abuse by volunteers” and that the defendants failed to ensure that there were reasonable screening or recruitment measures in place to prevent such abuse. The amended complaint further alleged that BBBS published two reports demonstrating that, while the plaintiff’s abuse was ongoing, BBBS was aware that the services it offered “attract[ed] child sexual abusers,” that the clients of BBBS were at “high risk” for potential abuse, and that the selection process used to match mentors with mentees did not appropriately incorporate child sexual abuse prevention training (internal quotation marks omitted). Moreover, the amended complaint alleged that the mentor had “dangerous propensities,” that the defendants “should have known” that the mentor had a propensity to sexually abuse children, and that oversight and monitoring of the mentor’s interactions with his prior mentees “would have revealed [the mentor’s] pattern of predatory behavior.” At the pleading stage of the litigation, where the plaintiff’s allegations are accepted as true and are accorded the benefit of every possible favorable inference, the plaintiff adequately alleged that the defendants owed the plaintiff a duty of care and that the sexual abuse by the mentor was foreseeable … . Brophy v Big Bros. Big Sisters of Am., Inc., 2024 NY Slip Op 00993, Second Dept 2-28-24

Practice Point: Here in this Child Victims Act (CVA) case, the complaint adequately alleged negligent supervision, negligent recruitment and negligent failure to warn.

 

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