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DEFENDANT SCHOOL DISTRICT DID NOT DEMONSTRATE IT DID NOT HAVE CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE OF THE TEACHER’S PROPENSITY FOR SEXUAL ABUSE OR THE REPEATED, LONG-TERM ABUSE OF PLAINTIFF STUDENT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court in this negligent hiring and negligent supervision case, over a two-justice dissent, determined the defendant school district did not demonstrate it did not have constructive notice of the sexual abuse of plaintiff by a teacher (Faralan) which occurred repeatedly over an extended period during school hours:

… [T]he district failed to meet its prima facie burden of demonstrating that it was not negligent with respect to the hiring, retention, and supervision of Faralan or that it was not negligent with respect to its supervision of the plaintiff. The district submitted no evidence regarding its hiring, retention, or supervision of Faralan, who was a probationary employee during the time when he sexually abused the plaintiff on school grounds, including times when he was tutoring her one-on-one … . Furthermore, the district failed to establish, prima facie, that it lacked constructive notice of Faralan’s abusive propensities and conduct, particularly given the frequency of the abuse, which occurred several times per week over an extended period of time in the same classroom and hallway during tutoring sessions and at times when others were present … . Stanton v Longwood Cent. Sch. Dist., 2024 NY Slip Op 06600, Second Dept 12-24-24

Practice Point: To warrant summary judgment in a negligent hiring and supervision suit alleging abuse of a student by a teacher, the school district must affirmatively demonstrate it did not have constructive notice of the teacher’s propensity for abuse and/or the abuse itself. Plaintiff’s allegations of repeated abuse during school hours over an extended period of time raised a question of fact re: the district’s constructive notice.

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