Legal Opinion
State Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. T.R. ex rel. Shapiro
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 14, 2002No. 3D99-3133PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NESBITT, Senior Judge.
Two girls who had been in the State’s foster care program for the past thirteen years, T.R., and Y.H., brought suit against the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services(HRS), now known as the Department of Children and Famihes(DCF), for negligently failing to protect them from abusive doctors, foster parents, and other third parties, and for negligently failing to arrange for their adoption. The girls had been abandoned by their mother in 1986 and placed under the Department’s care. From that time until the time of trial in 1999, the girls were in the custody of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Trianon Park Condominium v. City of HialeahSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
- Department Hrs v. BjmSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
- Dept. of Health & Rehab. Servs. v. YamuniSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
- DEPT. OF HEALTH REHAB. SERV. v. WhaleySupreme Court of Florida · 1991
- Lee v. DHRSSupreme Court of Florida · 1997
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3Cited by6 opinions
- City of Miami v. ValdezDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
- Zamora v. ATLANTIC UNIV. BD. OF TRUSTEESDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
- Leola Bradshaw v. School Board of Broward Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007
- STATE DHRS v. TR Ex Rel. ShapiroDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
- State v. BarnettDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2018
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