Legal Opinion
Cnty. of L. A. v. L. A. Cnty. Civil Serv. Comm'n
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided April 12, 2018No. B275974PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CURREY, J.*
*176INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
The County of Los Angeles fired Gregory Merritt, a supervisor in the County's Department of Children and Family Services for (1) failing to adequately supervise a social worker, Patricia Clement, and (2) approving Clement's unjustifiable closure of a case of suspected child abuse without first consulting the Department's records, as required by Department policy. Those records indicated the child-eight-year-old Gabriel Fernandez-was at risk of further abuse and that the file unquestionably should not have been closed. In May 2013, less than two months after…
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