Petitioner Janice Young, appearing as parent and guardian of Zahir Brooks, an infant under 14 years of age, filed a petition on September 28, 2001 for leave to file a late notice of claim pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5). Petitioner's claim is for negligent hiring and supervision of a New York City public school teacher, who allegedly sexually abused Zahir in 1998 when he was a nine-year-old student at P.S. 78. The IAS court denied the petition, finding that...
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