The plaintiff alleged he was abused by four individuals at three foster care home placements made by Warren County, including the Cayuga Home, above, and Albany Home and by a foster parent in Glens Falls when he was approximately five years old. Photo: Google Maps
A New York appeals court on Thursday dismissed negligence claims against an upstate county that’s named in a broad Child Victims Act lawsuit, on grounds the claimant hadn’t demonstrated his foster parent had presented a foreseeable harm.
However, the claim within that jurisdiction of Warren County sufficiently pleaded that the plaintiff had given foster care officials their proper notice of dangerous conditions of his prior foster placements, in Cayuga and Albany counties, the Appellate Division, Third Department memorandum decision read.
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