Legal Opinion
Sherry Lintz Keith Lintz, Sr. Richele Nicole Jacobs Brian Allen Jacobs and Keith Lintz, Jr., by Next Friend Sherry Lintz v. Linda K. Skipski
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 25, 1994No. 93-1430PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRITT, Chief Judge.
In this § 1983 action, the plaintiffs allege abuse of children in a state-licensed foster care home and appeal the district court’s order granting summary judgment to the defendant based on qualified immunity, 807 F.Supp. 1299. The defendant, Linda SMpski, a social worker for the Cass County Department of Social Services, placed the plaintiffs, then ages 2, 4 and 5, in a foster home run by Kendall and Shirley Krause. The Krauses’ adopted son, Dale, age 15, allegedly abused the children sexually between May 1987 and November 1990. Plaintiffs contend that defendant failed…
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