RITTSCHER v. STATE

No. 83-980.

352 N.W.2d 247 (1984)

Rebecca Puck RITTSCHER, Formerly Known as Rebecca Puck, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Iowa Department of Social Services (Formerly Known as Iowa Department of Social Welfare), Ralph A. Bachman, and Various Other Unknown Employees of the State of Iowa, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Humphrey of Humphrey & Haas, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Gordon E. Allen, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Mark Hunacek, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and UHLENHOPP, HARRIS, McGIVERIN, and CARTER, JJ.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal of an action under the state tort claims act involves alleged negligence of public officers and employees with respect to the welfare of a minor. The minor is now an adult, the plaintiff Rebecca Puck Rittscher.

The case history, on file in a county social services department and incorporated into Rebecca's petition, reveals the long story of an inadequate family. We briefly sketch the background.

In 1947 Helen Patchin...

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