Legal Opinion

F.D. v. Indiana Department of Child Services

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 26, 2013No. 82S01-1301-CT-19PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DICKSON, Chief Justice.

In this action for damages, the plaintiffs (parents J.D. and M.D., individually and on behaif of their children, F.D., G.D., and T.D.) allege mishandling of child abuse reports by the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS), the Evansville Police Department (EPD), and the Vander-burgh County Prosecutor's Office (VCPO). *134The trial court granted summary judgment to all defendants on grounds of immunity, and the plaintiffs have appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of DCS and EPD, but not as to VCPO. As explained below, we affirm summary judgment in favor of…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Mangold Ex Rel. Mangold v. Indiana Department of Natural ResourcesIndiana Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Campbell v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1972
  3. Peavler v. BD. OF COM'RS MONROE CTY.Indiana Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Benton v. City of Oakland CityIndiana Supreme Court · 1999
  5. Catt v. Board of Com'rs of Knox CountyIndiana Supreme Court · 2002

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Brenda and John Stachowski v. Estate of Daniel RadmanIndiana Court of Appeals · 2018
  2. John Doe 1 v. Indiana Department of Child ServicesIndiana Supreme Court · 2017
  3. Suzanne E. Esserman v. Indiana Department of Environmental ManagementIndiana Supreme Court · 2017
  4. Day v. City of IndianapolisDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 2019
  5. Kadambi v. Express Scripts, Inc.District Court, N.D. Indiana · 2015

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