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IT WAS ALLEGED A TEACHER SEXUALLY ABUSED PLAINTIFF STUDENT ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK FOR THREE YEARS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS, SOMETIMES FOLLOWED BY ABUSE OFF SCHOOL GROUNDS; THE NEGLIGENT SUPERVISION CAUSES OF ACTION SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISMISSED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the school’s motion for summary judgment in this Child Victims Act case should not have been granted. It was alleged plaintiff-student was sexually abused by a teacher once or twice a week for three years. Based on the frequency of the alleged abuse, the school did not demonstrate it did not have constructive notice of the abuse and properly supervised the teacher. Because abuse which allegedly occurred off the school premises was preceded by abuse on school grounds, the off-premises-abuse causes of action should not have been dismissed:

… [T]he defendants failed to establish, prima facie, that they lacked constructive notice of the teacher’s alleged abusive propensities and conduct … . In particular, given the frequency of the alleged abuse, which occurred once or twice per week over the course of three school years in the same closet while the teacher left the other students in his class unattended, the defendants failed to eliminate triable issues of fact as to whether they should have known of the abuse … . Additionally, the defendants failed to eliminate triable issues of fact as to whether their supervision of the teacher was negligent … .

Further, although the plaintiff alleged acts of sexual abuse that occurred outside of school premises and school hours, the defendants’ submissions showed that those alleged acts were preceded by instances when the plaintiff allegedly was sexually abused by the teacher during school hours on a regular basis. Sallustio v Southern Westchester Bd. of Coop. Educ. Servs., 2025 NY Slip Op 00690, Second Dept 2-5-25

Practice Point: Consult this decision for a concise summary of the elements of the causes of action where a teacher is accused of frequently sexually abusing a student both on and off school grounds.

 

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