Law Practice
Apr. 6, 2007
Jury Awards $5 Million to Mother of Girls Kept Apart From Her Six Years
SANTA ANA - A $4.9 million verdict against Orange County and two of its social workers for keeping a mother and her daughters apart for six years demonstrates that child-protective professionals can be sued successfully, according to one of the plaintiffs' attorneys.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SANTA ANA - A $4.9 million verdict against Orange County and two of its social workers for keeping a mother and her daughters apart for six years demonstrates that child-protective professionals can be sued successfully, according to one of the plaintiffs' attorneys.
"I think lawyers assume that social workers are always immune, and that'...
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