Legal Opinion
Scottsdale Insurance Company v. Beverly Roumph, Individually and as Next Friend of Lavina Roumph Lavina Roumph
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 4, 2000No. 98-1950PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.
In 1995 defendant herein, Beverly Roumph, as next friend for Lavina Roumph, filed a state tort action in the Wayne County Circuit Court in Michigan, based upon a sexuai assault upon her young daughter. Ms. Roumph alleged that she had accepted minor Keith Kelley, Jr., into her home as a foster child upon placement by The Children’s Center, a Michigan social welfare agency. Within a month, Kelley raped four-year-old Lavina Roumph, defendant’s daughter. Roumph’s second amended complaint in the state action alleged negligence and/or gross negligence by The…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Wilton v. Seven Falls Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Brillhart v. Excess Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Public Serv. Comm'n of Utah v. Wycoff Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company, a Michigan and Indiana Corporation v. Consolidated Rail Corporation, a Pennsylvania CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- Allstate Insurance Company v. GreenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by148 opinions
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