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HARDWICKE v. AMERICAN BOYCHOIR SCHOOL

902 A.2d 900 (2006)

188 N.J. 69

John W. HARDWICKE, Jr. and Terri S. Hardwicke, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. AMERICAN BOYCHOIR SCHOOL, Defendant-Appellant, and Donald Hanson, Richard Brenner, Thomas Conlin, Donald Profitt, David Schuster, J. Bruce Mellinger, Howard A. Jewell, Harold Jones and the Cook Identified as "Ed" or "John" John Does 1-10 and John Does 11-20, Defendants.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 8, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay H. Greenblatt, Vineland, argued the cause for appellant (Greenblatt & Laube, attorneys).

Lawrence Lessig, a member of the Illinois bar, argued the cause for respondents (Piper Rudnick, attorneys; Mr. Lessig, Keith E. Smith, Philadelphia, PA, and Robert A. Assuncao, Edison, of counsel and on the briefs).

Martin F. McKernan, Jr., submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae, New Jersey Catholic Conference (McKernan, McKernan & Godino, attorneys; Mr. McKernan and James J. Godino, Jr., Camden, on the brief).

Chief Justice PORITZ delivered the opinion of the Court.

For about two years, from the fall of 1969 to April 1971, John W. Hardwicke was a boarding student at the American Boychoir School (the Boychoir School or School)1 in Princeton, New Jersey. Hardwicke was twelve years old when he arrived, and forty-three years old in 2001 when he filed suit against the Musical Director Donald Hanson, the School, and persons connected with the School...

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