BLANCA C. v. COUNTY OF NASSAU


103 A.D.2d 524 (1984)

Blanca C. et al., Respondents, v. County of Nassau et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

October 22, 1984


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward G. McCabe, County Attorney (Joshua A. Elkin of counsel), for appellants.

Joachim, Flanzig, Weissman & Wm. Beasley, Jr. (Edward B. Joachim and Jeffrey S. Lisabeth of counsel), for respondents.

BRACKEN, BROWN and NIEHOFF, JJ., concur.


GIBBONS, J. P.

The issue raised on this appeal is whether foster parents may properly be regarded as employees of the county which has committed infants to their care, for the purpose of imposing vicarious liability upon said county and its Department of Social Services for injuries inflicted upon the children by said foster parents. In our view, this question must be answered in the negative.

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