NJ Justices Come to Aid of Abuse Victims
In a potentially significant court ruling in New Jersey, cleared the way for an abuse victim to sue the employer of the abuser. Settling an unresolved question of law, the justices ruled that schools and other employers can be held responsible for child molestation committed by their employees. They left it for a jury to decide after a trial whether the choir school is liable for the abuse Hardwicke said he endured on a daily basis from former choirmaster Donald Hanson.