W.S. v. HILDRETH

DOCKET No. A-2066-20.

268 A.3d 1038 (2021)

470 N.J. Super. 57

W.S., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Derek HILDRETH, Defendant, and Lawrence Township School District and Myron L. Powell Elementary School, and its teachers, directors, officers, employees, agents, counselors, servants or volunteers, Defendants-Appellants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 21, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerald J. Howarth , Parsippany, argued the cause for appellants (Howarth & Associates, LLC, attorneys; Jerald J. Howarth and Purnima D. Ramlakhan , on the briefs).

Claudia J. Gallagher argued the cause for respondent (Chance & McCann, LLC, attorneys; Kevin P. McCann , Shanna McCann , Bridgeton, and Claudia J. Gallagher , on the brief).

Before Judges Messano, Accurso and Rose.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

In January 2020, plaintiff W.S. filed this complaint in Gloucester County alleging that defendant Derek Hildreth sexually abused him while plaintiff was a student at Myron L. Powell Elementary School, a school in the Lawrence Township...

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