In 2013, Saint John resident Robert Hayes filed a class-action lawsuit alleging he was sexually assaulted when he was a boy by police Sgt. Kenneth Estabrooks, who died in 2005.
New Brunswick's highest court has ruled the City of Saint John is vicariously liable for the sexual abuse of children by Kenneth Estabrooks while he worked as a police officer decades ago.
A Saint John judge will decide whether the plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the City of Saint John will have to pay costs. Justice William Grant of the New Brunswick Court of King's Bench has reserved decision.
The City of Saint John is vicariously liable for the harm a former police officer caused when he sexually assaulted multiple children decades ago, while a city employee, a judge has ruled.