Court Opinion

ID: 9732667
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 16:30:53.904703+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:31.494613
License: Public Domain

SAYLOR, Justice,
concurring.
I join in the result achieved by the majority insofar as it absolves the parish and affirms the jury’s finding of liability against the Bishop and the Diocese under Restatement (Second) of Torts § 317.
Since the matter is to be remanded to the Superior Court for consideration of all other issues raised by Appellant, specifically including the plaintiffs’ entitlement to punitive damages, I am unable, at this procedural juncture, to join in the majority’s characterizations of the defendants’ conduct as reckless and abhorrent inasmuch as it will be for the Superior Court, in the first instance, to assess the award of punitive damages based on the facts presented to the jury.
Justice ZAPPALA joins this concurring opinion.