Legal Opinion
Valley Forge Insurance v. Field
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 22, 2012No. 11-1316, 11-1337PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
An eleven-year-old child (the child) suffered from long-term horrific abuse and on September 11, 2005, was beaten nearly to death by her adoptive mother and stepfather. The child’s legal guardian, David Murphy, brought suit in the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts against several defendants including the Carson Center for Human Services, Inc. (Carson Center), and one of its employees, licensed social worker Carol Field, whose patient the child was during this period. The complaint alleged that they failed to detect or report to state authorities signs of…
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