No claim for damages from State for placement at Judge Rotenberg Center

Nicholson v. State:(2008 WL 5568155, 2008 N.Y. Slip Op. 28540(N.Y.Ct.Cl. Dec 15, 2008))
Plaintiff sued New York State alleging that their son was subjected to electric shock punishment while a student at the Judge Rotenberg Center, a Massachusetts private residential school for children with mental or emotional disabilities, due to defendant's negligence in failing to properly investigate and/or regulate the school while keeping the school on a list of approved out-of-state residential educational facilities. The State’s motion for summary judgment was granted.