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OPINION & ORDER Defendant Solebury School moves pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 (b) (2) and 12 (b) (6) to dismiss plaintiff’s claims against it for negligent, reckless, and willful and wanton conduct and negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress, and for vicarious liability for the sexual assaults, battery, and negligent infliction of emotion distress committed by defendant John W. Regan, an employee at the Solebury School at the time the alleged tortious conduct took place. For the reasons sets forth below, defendant’s motion is denied in part and granted in part. BACKGROUND The following facts are drawn from the complaint and the plaintiff’s affidavits and supporting materials.1 Plaintiff Jane Doe began her tenure as a student at the Solebury School during the 1989-1990 academic year. Compl. 23. She was fourteen years old at the time and entering her sophomore year. Id. Defendant Solebury School is a private educational institution with its main campus in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Id. 2. Defendant Regan was employed as a teacher at the school from 1989-1991. Id. 3. Defendant Regan was also a “dormitory parent” and resided on-campus at the student dormitory to monitor students’ behavior and conduct inside the residence. Id. 6. When plaintiff began her sophomore year at the school, defendant Regan was her English teacher. Id. 23. Regan flirted with plaintiff during his class. Id. He escalated his flirtatious conduct at the Solebury School sponsored prom in 1990 aboard the Spirit of Philadelphia, where he groped plaintiff’s buttocks. Id. 24. That summer, when plaintiff was 15 years old, she visited defendant Regan at his home in New York, where he kissed plaintiff, touched her breasts, and engaged in oral sex with plaintiff. Id. 25. During plaintiff’s junior year at Solebury School, Regan’s sexual abuse continued. Id. 26. He engaged in sexual conduct with plaintiff on the School’s campus during and after school hours. Id. Nearly every day before she was picked up from school by her mother, Regan brought plaintiff to his on-campus apartment and engaged in sexual conduct with her, including kissing and fondling. Id. During the winter of 1990, plaintiff again visited Regan in New York City, where he had sexual intercourse with her. Id. 27. The sexual conduct continued during the spring and summer of 1991, in Regan’s apartment on the School’s campus. Id.

 
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