Anderson Ex Rel. Anderson/Couvillon v. Nebraska Department of Social Services

I. INTRODUCTION

This is a tort claims action brought under the provisions of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-8,209 et seq. (Reissue 1994) in which two minor girls, Bridgette A. Anderson and Candy S. Anderson, by and through their mother, the plaintiff-appellee, Cindy Anderson/Couvillon, allege that the defendant-appellant, Nebraska Department of Social Services, negligently placed the foster care of a minor boy in and with a friend of the mother and that as the proximate result, the boy sexually assaulted and damaged the girls. The district court entered partial summary judgment in favor of the girls on…