New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 8/15/1986
Cosgrove v. Lawrence
Citations
- 520 A.2d 844
- 214 N.J. Super. 670
How courts have described this case
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- affirming trial court’s holding that consensual sexual relationship between a therapist and patient did not fall within scope of employment
- employer not vicariously liable for its therapist employee's sexual assault of a patient, because the act of sexual relations was outside the scope of the therapist's employment
- therapist’s act of sex with patient was not motivated by desire to serve hospital
- therapist's act of sex with patient was not motivated by desire to serve hospital
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Judges: Arnold
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