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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Flanagan grants the University of North Carolina’s motion to dismiss allegations of negligence for not addressing sexual abuse claims brought by a former student and athlete. The alleged abuser was the sports medicine director at the school, and the student — along with others making similar claims — alleges that the director instructed the student to remove his compression shorts during an exam, then touched and massaged the student's genitals without his consent. In 2015 and 2016, other coaches had reported suspected sexual misconduct by the director, but no claims were ever confirmed. Despite the fact that the university moved the director to an administrative position a year after the reports, legally it did not have actual knowledge of the director’s behavior.