NEWMYER v. SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL

Nos. 13-CV-1262, 14-CV-0186, 14-CV-0187.

128 A.3d 1023 (2015)

Arthur G. NEWMYER, individually and on behalf of his minor daughter, D., Appellants/Cross-Appellee, v. The SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL, Appellee, and James F. Huntington, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 24, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven S. Rosenthal , with whom Kerry Alan Scanlon and Jeremy M. White , Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellants Arthur G. Newmyer and D.

John T. May , with whom Raphael J. Cohen , Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellant/cross-appellee Arthur G. Newmyer.

William D. Nussbaum , Washington, DC, for appellee The Sidwell Friends School.

Andrew Butz , Washington, DC, and Barton D. Moorstein , Rockville, MD, with whom Barry D. Trebach , Katherine B. Yoder , Washington, DC, and Megan Kinsey-Smith were on the brief, for appellee/cross-appellant James F. Huntington.

Before FISHER and BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judges, and FERREN, Senior Judge.


Although many issues are before us, this appeal addresses two primary questions: First, when a school counselor became romantically involved with the mother of a child at the school, did the evidence justify recovery in tort against the counselor and the school, under multiple theories, for endangering the child...

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