A former Dalton School student who claimed that then headmaster Gardner P. Dunnan sexually assaulted her in 1986 has withdrawn her lawsuit against Dunnan and the school, according to court records. The agreement between the parties was signed on November 5, 2021 around nine months after the complaint was filed.
A former Dalton School student who claims that former headmaster Gardner P. Dunnan sexually assaulted her in 1986 has filed a lawsuit against Dunnan and the school in Manhattan Supreme Court, according to court records. The lawsuit is being brought under the Child Victims Act. It was previously filed in the Southern District of New York and later withdrawn.
Update: February 16, 2021: The lawsuit has been re-filed in Manhattan Supreme Court.
A former Dalton School student who alleged that former headmaster Gardner P. Dunnan sexually assaulted her in 1986 when she was 14 years old has voluntarily ended her lawsuit against Dunnan and the school, according to a March 7 court filing.
It’s a voluntary dismissal without prejudice which means that the plaintiff could re-file at some point.
Court records did not indicate that the case was settled.
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On June 7, 2018, a former student of the Dalton School filed a lawsuit alleging that former Headmaster Gardner P. Dunnan sexually assaulted her while she was living in his home in the fall of 1986.
Dunnan denied the allegations in a statement issued the same day.