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· 3/30/2004

Adorno v. Correctional Services Corp.

Citations

  • 312 F. Supp. 2d 505
  • 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5032
  • 2004 WL 616129

How courts have described this case

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  • finding connection between time, place and occasion for sexual assault and employment where facts showed that wrongdoer's status as an employee \enabled him to commit the alleged sexual assault\
  • finding the principle that “tortious sexual activity generally is entirely divorced from the nature of an employment position” is not altered by employer having notice of perpetrator’s “propensity to commit sexual acts”
  • “New York courts have repeatedly found no vicarious liability for claims involving sexual misconduct, including sexual assault.”
  • “an employer will not be held liable for actions which were not taken in furtherance of the employer’s interests and which were undertaken by the employee for wholly personal motives”

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Judges: Gorenstein

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