Beggs v. Department of Social & Health Services

Sanders, J.*

¶1 Tyler DeLeon died on his seventh birthday of dehydration and starvation — a result of neglect and abuse by his adoptive mother, Carole DeLeon, despite investigations of the DeLeon home by Child Protective Services (CPS). Tyler’s adoptive siblings and the personal representative of his estate brought wrongful death and survival actions against the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), individual employees of DSHS, Dr. David Fregeau (Tyler’s primary care physician), Rockwood Clinic (Dr. Fregeau’s employer), and Dr. Sandra BremnerDexter (Tyler’s psychiatrist).…