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THERE IS NO CAUSE OF ACTION FOR NEGLIGENT INVESTIGATION IN NEW YORK; PLAINTIFF’S DECEDENT, A CHILD, WAS MURDERED BY MOTHER’S BOYFRIEND: THE SUIT ALLEGING THE COUNTY DID NOT ADEQUATELY INVESTIGATE PRIOR REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISMISSED (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing Supreme Court and dismissing the complaint, determined there is no cause of action for negligent investigation in New York:

At the age of five, plaintiff’s decedent was brutally murdered by his mother’s boyfriend … . Plaintiff thereafter commenced this wrongful death action, alleging that the County of Erie (defendant), through its Child Protective Services office, had inadequately investigated multiple prior reports of child abuse and neglect concerning the decedent child. …

As defendant correctly contends, “New York does not recognize a cause of action sounding in negligent investigation” of child abuse and neglect … . “Moreover, ‘a claim for negligent training in investigative procedures is akin to a claim for negligent investigation or prosecution, which is not actionable in New York’ ” … . Hart v County of Erie, 2020 NY Slip Op 07779, Fourth Dept 12-23-20

 

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