Torts/Personal Injury,
Government
Mar. 13, 2025
Court sides with Merced County in foster abuse negligence case
The decision reinforces legal protections for public entities but comes amid conflicting rulings from other courts. The plaintiff's attorneys plan to appeal to the California Supreme Court.
A state appellate court ruled for Merced County, affirming a lower court decision against a woman who claimed she was sexually abused as a child at two different foster homes in the 1970s and told social workers, who she said took no action to protect her.
A 5th District Court of Appeal panel ruled against her negligence lawsuit in a Tuesday decision. One of the woman's attorneys, Chantel E. LaFrades of Herman Law, said in an email Wednesday that the firm plans to appeal the ...
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