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Zumpano v. Quinn

Citations

  • 849 N.E.2d 926
  • 6 N.Y.3d 666
  • 816 N.Y.S.2d 703

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that, even assuming defendants owed plaintiffs fiduciary duty to disclose abuse, “conduct relied on as a basis for equitable estoppel cease[d] to be operational” when plaintiffs reached adulthood (internal quotation marks and alterations omitted)
  • finding “no basis for a claim that any fiduciary duty [between priests and children in their care] continued after plaintiffs were adults”
  • finding the plaintiff did “not allege any specific misrepresentation to them by defendants, or any deceptive conduct sufficient to constitute a basis for equitable estoppel”
  • rejecting equitable estoppel as matter of law despite claim that archdioceses “engaged in a corrupt campaign and a pattern of concealment” of priests’ child abuse
  • “The doctrine of equitable estoppel applies where it would be unjust to allow a defendant to assert a statute of limitations defense.”
  • “[E]quitable estoppel will benefit Doe only if she has pleaded facts that, if proved, will demonstrate the efforts of the Archdiocese to prevent, her from filing a lawsuit.”

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Judges: Ciparick, Smith

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