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SHEILA C. v. POVICH

11 A.D.3d 120 (2004)

781 N.Y.S.2d 342

SHEILA C., an Infant, by Her Grandmother and Legal Guardian, SHEILA DOE, Respondent-Appellant, v MAURY POVICH et al., Appellants-Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

August 26, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C. (Lanny A. Breuer and Mark P. Gimbel of counsel), for appellants-respondents.

Rand Rosenzweig Smith Radley Gordon & Burstein, LLP, New York City (Alexander Stotland and Robert A. Burstein of counsel), and Law Office of David M. Blum, New York City (David M. Blum of counsel), for respondent-appellant.

SULLIVAN, WILLIAMS, FRIEDMAN and MARLOW, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

NARDELLI, J.P.

In this appeal we are asked to determine, inter alia, whether defendants, a nationally syndicated talk-show program, various television studios, and their alleged employees, both identified and unidentified, owed a duty to plaintiff, a minor who was to appear on a segment of the show with the theme out-of-control teens, at the time of a claimed sexual assault.

Procedural Posture

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