J.S. v. R.T.H.


714 A.2d 924 (1998)

155 N.J. 330

J.S. and M.S., his wife, as Natural Parents and Guardians Ad Litem of C.S., A Minor, and M.S., A Minor, and M.S., individually, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. R.T.H., Defendant, and R.G.H., his wife, jointly and severally Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia M. Forsyth, Secaucus, for defendant-appellant (Waters, McPherson, McNeill, attorneys; Kenneth D. McPherson, Jr., of counsel; Ms. Forsyth and Brian D. Lieberman, on the briefs).

Marian I. Kelly, Woodbury, for plaintiffs-respondents (Hoffman, DiMuzio and Hoffman, attorneys).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by HANDLER, J.

In this case, two young girls, ages 12 and 15, spent substantial periods of recreational time with their neighbor at his horse barn, riding and caring for his horses. Betraying the trust this relationship established, the neighbor, an older man, sexually abused both girls for a period of more than a year. Following the man's conviction and imprisonment for these sexual...

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