J.W. v. UTAH

No. 10-4060.

647 F.3d 1006 (2011)

J.W. and M.R.W., individually and as parents, guardians and next friends of A.W. f/k/a/ A.M., a minor child and M.W. f/k/a/ K.C., a minor child, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. State of UTAH; Utah State Department of Human Services; Robin Arnold-Williams, individually and in her former capacity as Executive Director of the Utah State Department of Human Services; Lisa-Michelle Church, in her capacity as Executive Director of Utah State Department of Human Services; Division of Child and Family Services; Richard Anderson, individually and in his capacity as Director of the Division of Child and Family Services; Carolyn Hansen, Kolyn Tacy, and Laurie Zumbrunnen, individually and in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Brook Millard of Wrona Law Firm, P.C., Draper, UT, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Peggy E. Stone , Assistant Utah Attorney General ( Mark L. Shurtleff , Utah Attorney General, with her on the brief), Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before MURPHY, McKAY, and O'BRIEN, Circuit Judges.


McKAY, Circuit Judge.

This case arises from an unfortunate situation of child-on-child abuse within the foster care system. Plaintiffs are a foster couple and their now-adopted foster children who allege they incurred injuries after an abusive foster child was placed in their home in August of 2002. In this § 1983 action, Plaintiffs raised several state and federal claims against the State of Utah and the various State employees and entities involved in placing...

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