Legal Opinion
Haskins v. San Diego County Department of Public Welfare
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 11, 1980No. Civ. 18683PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
STANIFORTH, J.
James Dorse Haskins (James) and his wife, Margaret Haskins, (Margaret) sued James’ former wife, Esther Haskins (Esther), the San Diego County Department of Public Welfare (DPW), its dirfector, Homer Detrich, and the County of San Diego (collectively the County) for money damages on a variety of legal theories. James and Margaret (the Haskinses) say Esther—when the estranged wife of James—misused her position as an employee of the DPW to obtain confidential records of welfare recipient Margaret and caused a welfare fraud investigation to be initiated based upon her…
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