Sexual Abuse Suit Against Yehshiva University Dismissed On Statute of Limitations Grounds

In Twersky v. Yeshiva University, (SD NY, Jan. 30, 2014), a New York federal district court dismissed on statute of limitations grounds a suit by 34 former students at Yeshiva University High School for Boys claiming that between 1968 and 1992 they were abused variously by an administrator who eventually became the school principal, by a Judaic studies teacher employed by the Jewish high school, and by an outside party who was given access to the school dormitory. The suit was brought against the high school, Yeshiva University, former University administrators and trustees alleging fraud, negligence, violation of the NY General Business Law, and of Title IX of the federal Education Amendments Act of 1972. The court rejected claims that the statutes of limitation involved were extended by the federal or state law rules on discovery of wrongdoing, or by the state law doctrine of equitable estoppel.  The Forward reports on the decision.