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DOE v. BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CORP.

SC 19516.

147 A.3d 104 (2016)

323 Conn. 303

John DOE v. The BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CORPORATION et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released October 11, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley W. Horton , with whom were Brendon P. Levesque and Philip T. Newbury, Jr. , for the appellant (named defendant).

Paul A. Slager , with whom was Jennifer B. Goldstein , for the appellee (plaintiff).

Erin K. Olson , Margaret A. Garvin and Brian D. Kent filed a brief for the National Center for Victims of Crime et al. as amici curiae.

Rogers, C. J., and Zarella, Eveleigh, McDonald, Espinosa, Robinson and Sheldon, Js.

The primary issue that we must resolve in this appeal is whether the trial court should have instructed the jury that the defendant, The Boy Scouts of America Corporation,1 could not be held responsible for the sexual abuse of the plaintiff, John Doe,

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