Legal Opinion
Ward v. City of Philadelphia
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 1, 1989No. Master File No. 85-2745. Civ. A. 87-2746PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.
On May 11, 1987, plaintiffs brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Pennsylvania common law against the City of Philadelphia (“City”), five present and former city officials, Mayor Wilson Goode, Leo A. Brooks, Gregore J. Sambor, and William Richmond (“individual defendants”), the Philadelphia County Children and Youth Agency, and the School District of Philadelphia. Plaintiff Michael Moses Ward alleges that the defendants’ failure to protect him from the “serious physical neglect” of his living situation at the MOVE residence, prior to the…
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