DOE v. BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF AMERICA

No. 1-04-1985.

834 N.E.2d 913 (2005)

359 Ill. App.3d 684

296 Ill.Dec. 108

Jane DOE, as Mother and Next Friend of John Doe, a Minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF AMERICA, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee (Philip Kaszynski, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago, a corporation, Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

August 16, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan E. Loggans & Associates (Susan E. Loggans, of counsel); Law Office of Harry C. Lee (Harry C. Lee, of counsel), Chicago, for Appellant.

Moore, Strickland & Whitson-Owen (Gary K. Moore, Darlene Strickland, of counsel), Chicago, for Appellee.


Presiding Justice BURKE delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Jane Doe, as mother and next friend of John Doe, a minor, appeals from an order of the circuit court granting summary judgment in favor of defendant Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (America) on the basis that America owed no duty to protect John from criminal conduct, particularly, sexual abuse by Philip Kaszynski, a mentor for Big Brothers Big Sisters...

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