In a recent Connecticut Superior Court ruling, Judge Patty Jenkins Pittman denied a defendant city’s motion for summary judgment in a teen sex abuse case filed against the City of Waterbury.  The case involved a teenager who claimed that numerous adult males had sexually assaulted him over a number of months.  One of the perpetrators was a police officer employed by the city.  The city sought summary judgment in the case claiming that the police officer was acting outside the scope of his duties when he interacted with the assault victim.  The court denied the city’s motion and held that the police officer, as a “Mandatory Reporter” under Connecticut General Statutes Section 17a-101(b), had a mandatory duty within the scope of his employment with the city to report the sexual assaults to the Connecticut Department of Children and Families.  The case is now going to proceed to a jury trial.