Estevez-Yalcin v. Children's Village.U.S. District CourtVOLUNTEERS Estevez-Yalcin v. Children's Village, 331 F.Supp.2d 170 (S.D.N.Y. 2004). A parent brought an action alleging that her children had been sexually abused by a volunteer at a county juvenile treatment rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. center. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. The court held that the county did not negligently hire the volunteer or negligently retain or supervise the volunteer. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the court, the failure of the county to conduct a background check on the volunteer before hiring him did not amount to negligent hiring Negligent hiring is a cause of action in tort law that arises where one party is held liable for negligence because they placed another party in a position of authority or responsibility, and an injury resulted because of this placement. , absent evidence that a routine background check would have revealed that the volunteer had a propensity to harm children. (The Children's Village, Westchester County Health Care Corporation, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ) |
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