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CLITES v. STATE

No. 2-65599.

322 N.W.2d 917 (1982)

Timothy Floyd CLITES, By His Father, Next friend and Legal Guardian, Keith Clites, and Keith Clites, Plaintiffs/Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. STATE of Iowa, Iowa Department of Social Services, Glenwood State Hospital-School, Kevin J. Burns, Commissioner of Social Services, and William E. Campbell, Superintendent of the Glenwood State Hospital-School, Defendants/Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

June 29, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and David Fortney, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant-appellant.

Lawrence Marcucci and David S. Wiggins of Williams & LaMarca, P.C., Des Moines, for plaintiffs-appellees.

SNELL, Judge.

Plaintiff, Timothy Floyd Clites, was born September 9, 1952. Since early childhood, Timothy had been diagnosed as mentally retarded due to an unknown prenatal cause. In 1963 Timothy was admitted to Glenwood Hospital-School, a large residential facility for the mentally retarded operated by the State of Iowa.

In 1970, approximately seven years after Timothy's admission to Glenwood, a change occurred in his treatment program. The use of major tranquilizers...

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