Legal Opinion
Nelson v. Missouri Division of Family Services
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1983No. 82-1898PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs appeal the judgment of the district court1 granting defendants’-appellees’ motion for summary judgment. We affirm.
The complaint seeking damages in this diversity case alleges that appellees, various officials and employees of the Missouri Division of Family Services (DFS), failed to investigate adequately reports that the Nel*277son children were being sexually abused by their mother and certain men, and that as a result of defendants’ negligence, the children. continued to suffer abuse, ultimately leading to the death of eight-year-old Tammy Nelson. The…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Adams v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1976
- Halvorson v. DahlWashington Supreme Court · 1978
- Massengill v. Yuma CountyArizona Supreme Court · 1969
- Leger v. KelleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
- Renfroe v. Eli Lilly & Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Turner v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- State Ex Rel. D.M. v. HoesterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1984
- The Lackawanna Leather Company, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. Martin & Stewart, Ltd., Defendant-Appellant-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
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