DOE v. BOYS CLUBS OF GREATER DALLAS, INC.

No. 94-0281.

907 S.W.2d 472 (1995)

C.J. DOE, Individually and as Next Friend of C.G. Doe, Her minor Child, V.M. Coe, Individually, and J.M. Coe, Individually, and as Next Friends of R.M. Coe and A.C. Coe, Their Minor Grandchildren, Petitioners, v. BOYS CLUBS OF GREATER DALLAS, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kip A. Petroff, Dallas, for petitioners.

John R. Robinson, Donald G. Stanford, Michael F. Pezzulli, Dallas, for respondent.


GONZALEZ, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, HECHT, ENOCH and OWEN, Justices, join.

This is a suit against a boys club for damages arising from the sexual molestation of boys by a volunteer worker. The plaintiffs brought a cause of action primarily based on negligence and the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act (DTPA). TEX.BUS. & COM.CODE §§ 17.46(b)(5), 17.46(b)(23), 17.50(a). The trial...

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