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ZUMPANO v. QUINN

6 N.Y.3d 666 (2006)

849 N.E.2d 926

816 N.Y.S.2d 703

JOHN S. ZUMPANO, Appellant, v. JAMES F. QUINN, Individually and as Assistant Pastor at St. Agnes Catholic School, et al., Respondents. ESTATE OF BRENDAN BOYLE, Deceased, et al., Appellants, v. JAMES SMITH et al., Defendants, and OTTO GARCIA et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 21, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Policelli, Utica, for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Hancock & Estabrook, LLP, Syracuse (Mark J. Schulte and Paul M. Hanrahan of counsel), for respondents in the first above-entitled action.

Michael G. Dowd, New York City, and Edward M. Shaw for appellants in the second above-entitled action.

Conway, Farrell, Curtin & Kelly, P.C., New York City (Joseph H. Farrell, Jonathan T. Uejio and Kristin G. Shea of counsel), for respondents in the second above-entitled action.

Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, New York City and Washington, DC (Steven Bierman, Joseph R. Guerra and Eamon P. Joyce of counsel), for American Tort Reform Association, amicus curiae in the second above-entitled action.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges G.B. SMITH, ROSENBLATT, GRAFFEO and R.S. SMITH concur; Judge READ taking no part.

OPINION OF THE COURT

CIPARICK, J.

In recent years, countless priests have been accused of impermissibly touching and sexually exploiting young people entrusted to their care, resulting in a plethora of claims seeking compensation for the injuries caused by these deplorable acts. Regrettably, many of these claims are time-barred, and absent relief from the Legislature will remain unredressed. Two such cases...

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