CORNELL v. STATE


46 N.Y.2d 1032 (1979)

David Cornell, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent. (Claim No. 54482.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley B. Davis for appellant.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Jeremiah Jochnowitz and Ruth Kessler Toch of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order appealed from should be affirmed, without costs. The dispositive question on this appeal is whether the State should be held vicariously liable for intentional torts committed by its employees outside the scope of their employment on the basis of a purported special protective duty owed the victim by the State. At the age of 14, while a patient in a State mental health facility, plaintiff was homosexually...

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