Opinion ID: 1857261
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Heading: The Claim Against Kimary Darr.

Text: Plaintiff's claim against Kimary Darr involves counseling that she received from Darr both prior to and after the alleged physical and sexual abuse had terminated. In the motion papers, Darr, who was a mandatory child abuse reporter under section 232.69, denies any knowledge of physical or sexual abuse being perpetrated upon plaintiff prior to the time the alleged abuse had terminated. Darr sought to establish the limits of plaintiff's proof through discovery. Plaintiff did not remember informing Darr of the alleged child abuse prior to the spring of 1989, at which time her father had been removed from the family. In seeking to show a genuine issue of material fact on Darr's alleged failure to report, plaintiff relies on Mindy Levine's affidavit stating that plaintiff bore obvious symptoms of an abused child when Levine counseled her in April 1989. We agree with the district court that this statement does not raise a jury issue concerning whether Darr knew or should have known that plaintiff had been a victim of child abuse in 1987 and 1988. Plaintiff also suggests, again based on statements in the Levine affidavit, that Darr's failure to report the child abuse that was related to her in the spring of 1989 might have aggravated plaintiff's emotional injuries by delaying plaintiff in receiving professional counseling. That claim, however, was not plaintiff's theory of recovery in the district court. Her allegations were only that because of Darr's failure to report the abuse of plaintiff continued resulting in damages. The district court was not required to identify and consider plaintiff's enlarged theory of recovery being urged on appeal when it had not been raised. Summary judgment in favor of Darr was properly granted.