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US: Tenth Circuit: Social Workers Held to Have Qualified Immunity on Foster Child’s Special-Relationship Claims

October 4, 2017 by Greg Cywnar

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway

US: Tenth Circuit: Social Workers Held to Have Qualified Immunity on Foster Child’s Special-Relationship Claims
Legal Connection – October 02, 2017
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Dahn v. Amedei on Monday, August 14, 2017. This case concerns an exception to the general rule that states are not liable for harm caused by private actors. This exception, called the special-relationship doctrine, makes a state or its agents liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for failing to protect people from harm if they have deprived those people of liberty and made them completely dependent on the state for their basic needs. In this case, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals decided whether the geographical reach of the special-relationship doctrine crosses state lines.
Decision: http://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinions/16/16-1059.pdf
http://cbaclelegalconnection.com/2017/10/tenth-circuit-social-workers-held-qualified-immunity-foster-childs-special-relationship-claims/

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