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New Suit Against Boarding School Is Latest

Alleging Teacher Sexually Assaulted Student

By Robert Storace

Cheshire Academy building in Cheshire. Photo: Google
oming on the heels of numerous lawsuits assault that allegedly occurred decades ago. The
leveled against Connecticut private board- Kent School also faces suit, with a former student
Cing schools alleging sexual misconduct alleging a French teacher sexually assaulted her in
against students, The Cheshire Academy has been the late 1980s.
hit with new litigation filed by a Pennsylvania The latest lawsuit against The Cheshire Acad-
lawyer on behalf of a woman who says a teacher emy, however, has a twist, according to plaintiff
sexually assaulted her there when she was 12 years lead counsel Benjamin Andreozzi of Andreozzi +
old. Foote in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Other cases in the past two years have included Local counsel, Cheshire solo practitioner Frank
litigation against several schools. A lawsuit against Bartlett Jr., referred all calls to Andreozzi.
the Westover School alleges a teacher sexually Andreozzi said: “Generally, there are two ways
abused a student in 2006 and 2007; a pending suit to pin liability on institutions and to hold them
against The Hotchkiss School involves several accountable. The first is that there is some sort of
plaintiffs, who alleged a teacher abused them in red flag for behavior that should have caused the
the 1990s; and a complaint accuses The Rumsey defendant to take action and the second way is
Hall School’s former dean of students of sexual ■ Continued on PAGE 6

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