L.L.N. v. CLAUDER

No. 95-2084.

203 Wis.2d 570 (1996)

552 N.W.2d 879

L.L.N., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Respondent, v. J. Gibbs CLAUDER, Defendant, ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF MADISON, INC., Defendant-Respondent-Cross Appellant, ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant, RESEARCH PRODUCTS CORPORATION, a Wisconsin Corporation, Subrogated Party.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 25, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant-cross respondent the cause was submitted on the briefs of David E. McFarlane and Melanie E. Cohen of La Follette & Sinykin of Madison.

For the defendant-respondent-cross appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Donald L. Heaney, Kenneth B. Axe and Peter A. Martin of Lathrop & Clark of Madison.

Before Eich, C.J., Gartzke, P.J., and Sundby, J.


EICH, C.J.

L.L.N. sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison, claiming that one of its priests, J. Gibbs Clauder, who was assigned by the Diocese as a hospital chaplain and counselor, used his position to engage her in a sexual relationship.1

L.L.N. sought recovery from the Diocese on several grounds, alleging that: (1) the Diocese was negligent in its supervision of Clauder; and (2...

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