Croom v. Younts

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• use of wine and medication by a vastly older relative to foist sex on a minor cousin went “beyond a mere sexual encounter” and offended all sense of decency
• outrage verdict upheld where fifty-one-year-old man engaged in a sexual relationship with his fifteen-year-old cousin, and the girl was prescribed an antidepressant and later even attempted suicide when her mother confronted the older cousin about the relationship
• punitive damages available in outrage cases

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).