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Dismissal reversed on claims against church defendants based on alleged cover-up of sexual abuse of minors.

Where plaintiffs alleged that “church entities were negligent regarding the sexual abuse of minors” by a clergyman, and the allegations included claims of fraudulent concealment through an investigation that was actually a “whitewash,” dismissal based on the statute of limitations was reversed. Further, dismissal of plaintiffs’ claim for negligent infliction…

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Reckless infliction of emotional distress plaintiffs was not within the reasonably foreseeable scope of the alleged tort.

Where the school secretary sued the employer of a school bus driver for reckless infliction of emotional distress after the driver caused a school bus accident killing six children, and the secretary alleged that the employer ignored multiple warnings regarding the driver’s unsafe practices,  the Court of Appeals ruled that…

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