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VONNER v. STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

No. 52299.

273 So.2d 252 (1973)

Gracie M. Tensley VONNER, Plaintiff-Appellant-Applicant, v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, et al., Defendants-Appellees-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 19, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McKinley, Dimos & Brown, Donald R. Brown, Monroe, for plaintiff-applicant.

Lucas S. Conner, Jr., Baton Rouge, James D. Sparks, Jr., Monroe, for defendants-respondents.

TATE, Justice.

A mother sues for the death of her five-year old son. The child was beaten to death while in the legal custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Welfare. The Department had placed the child in a foster home. The foster mother, Ethel Bradford, beat the child to death. The plaintiff mother sues Mrs. Bradford, her husband, and the State of Louisiana through the Department of Public Welfare.1

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