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A previous, multi-part series of articles was published on this website with results of a more than 18-month long investigation by Talk Williamsport.com.
This story is graphic and contains details related to multiple indecent sexual assaults.
The author and editor of this story have made the editorial decision to not publish the names of the individuals under the age of 18 at the time of the incident who have been clearly identified as committing these acts in this case; even though they have been formally charged with a crime in South Carolina.
A Baseball Story In The Birthplace Of Little League Baseball
IF NOTHING HAPPENED IN MYRTLE BEACH
WHY WON’T THE WASD TELL US THE STORY?
THE 2018 WAHS BASEBALL MYRTLE BEACH STORY –
State Law Claims
COUNT IX – NEGLIGENT FAILURE TO RESCUE
Plaintiff v. All Defendants
By Todd Bartley, Talk Williamsport
News@talkwilliamsport.com
The following article is the fifteenth a series based upon the recent First Amended Complaint filed in Federal Court by the attorneys for John Doe #1; who was indecently sexually assaulted during the Williamsport Area High School Baseball Team trip in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in the spring of 2018.
From the Complaint;
From the First Amended Complaint filed on Thursday, May 11, 2023.
219. Plaintiff incorporates herein by reference the preceding paragraphs of this Complaint the same as if fully set forth hereinafter.
220. The negligence and recklessness of Defendants in directly and proximately causing the injuries and damages to Plaintiff described herein, include:
a. failing to take reasonable and necessary steps to rescue the Plaintiff after placing him in a position of harm;
b. failing to exercise reasonable and necessary steps to prevent further harm after rendering Plaintiff in danger of further harm;
c. failing to take reasonable and necessary steps to give aid or assistance to Plaintiff after rendering him in danger of further harm;
d. failing to take reasonable steps to obtain aid or assistance for the Plaintiff after rendering him danger of further harm;
e. failing to take reasonable and necessary steps to prevent the delay in the appropriate care of Plaintiff; and
f. violation of the duties set forth in Restatement (Second) of Torts, Sections 314A & 322, as adopted in Pennsylvania.
221. As a proximate and direct result of Defendant’s breaches described in the preceding paragraph, Plaintiff sustained psychological and physical harms and injuries as described above.
222. The aforementioned incidents resulted from the negligence, recklessness and/or intentional acts of Defendants and was due in no manner whatsoever to any act or failure to act on part of Plaintiff.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff demands judgment against Defendants WASD, LC, Pardoe, Freed, McCann, Miller, Holland, Weber, and John Does 1-20 in a sum in excess of Seventy-Five Thousand ($75,000.00) Dollars, and in excess of the prevailing arbitration limits, in compensatory damages and punitive damages, exclusive of pre-judgment interest, post-judgment interests and costs.
“COUNT X – NEGLIGENCE PER SE, Plaintiff v. All Defendant” in this series, is forthcoming.
