Legal Opinion
Hayes v. ERIE COUNTY OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 29, 2011No. 2:06-mj-00234PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SEAN J. McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.
This civil action arises out of a tragic case in which Brittany Legler, a mentally handicapped teenager, was killed at the hands of her adoptive mother, Lisa Iarussi. Plaintiffs Charles Hayes and Victoria L. Hayes, the Administrators of Brittany’s estate, have brought this lawsuit against the Erie County Office of Children and Youth (“OCY”) and several of its present or former employees, 1 claiming, among other things, that the Defendants violated Brittany’s federal civil rights by virtue of their involvement in first placing Brittany with…
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