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J.A.W. v. ROBERTS

No. 30A05-9108-CV-248.

627 N.E.2d 802 (1994)

J.A.W., Appellant-Plaintiff, v. Loretta ROBERTS, Joseph F. Bottorff, Gordon Chastain, James Collins, Richard Francis, Fran Gummerson, Sharon Miller, Nicholas Sanders and Mark Wright, Appellees-Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Fifth District.

January 13, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Laudig, Linda S. George, Laudig & George, Indianapolis, for appellant-plaintiff.

Karl L. Mulvaney, Patrick A. Elward, Douglas E. Cressler, Nana Quay-Smith, Bingham Summers Welsh & Spilman, Indianapolis, for appellee Richard Francis.

George M. Plews, Karon L. Arnold-Hatleli, Plews & Shadley, Indianapolis, for appellee Gordon Chastain.

Stephen J. Peters, William N. Ivers, Stewart & Irwin, Indianapolis, for appellee Loretta Roberts.

Herbert A. Jensen, Robert L. Trierweiler, Indianapolis, for appellee James Collins.

RUCKER, Judge.

In this summary judgment action we are called upon to determine whether a person may be held civilly liable to the victim of child sexual abuse when he or she knows of the abuse but fails to report it to the authorities.

This case involves the tragic story of now twenty-three-year old J.W. who suffered physical and sexual abuse at the hands of his foster father, Edward Bramblett. J.W. was born April...

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