Legal Opinion
McLean v. Gordon
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 1, 2008No. 07-2250PublishedCited by 337 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
John McGinnis, Mickey Morgan, and the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) appeal the district court’s denial of their motion for summary judgment. We reverse the denial and remand this matter to the district court.
I
The facts of this case are tragic. On June 2, 2005, Braxton Wooden, Jr. died as a result of an accidental shooting. At the time of the shooting, Braxton was a foster child in the custody of DSS and placed with DSS-approved foster parents, Mark and Treva Gordon. On that June day, Treva Gordon left Braxton, then eight years old, and her biological son…
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