Legal Opinion
Gokor v. Schlievert
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided September 30, 2018No. Case No. 3:16CV3038PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
James G. Carr, Sr. U.S. District Judge
This is a Fourth Amendment malicious-prosecution case under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Plaintiff Beth Gokor was working at a daycare when a child under her supervision, three-year-old JJ, fell and broke his leg.
A doctor who treated JJ suspected that his injury might involve "nonaccidental trauma" and contacted Lucas County Children Services (Children Services), a governmental agency that investigates cases of suspected child abuse. Children Services referred the matter to the defendant, Dr. Randall Schlievert, and asked him to prepare a report on JJ's injury.
Dr.…
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