Lawyers at Patton Boggs have asked Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Charles Ramos (See Profile) to recuse himself from an insurance dispute arising out of Horace Mann School’s settlement of sexual abuse claims by former students, saying that his status as an alumnus “casts doubt” on his impartiality.
The elite Bronx college preparatory school, rocked by revelations in the past year that students were sexually abused by certain teachers and administrators between the 1960s and 1990s, is suing several insurers who have refused to indemnify it for a $1.05 million settlement reached with two of those students, plus defense costs and legal fees.
