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GARDNER BY GARDNER v. PARSON

No. 88-3568.

874 F.2d 131 (1989)

Patsy Denise GARDNER, by her next friend, Alma GARDNER, and Alma Gardner, on her own behalf, Appellants, v. Norma PARSON, Charles Hayward, John Rago, Dorothy F. Loftus, David Desmond, Carol Canfield, Susan Hayes Graham, Carol Harvey, William Ray Johnson, Queen Esther Gardner, Patricia Levins, Dr. David W. Hung, Susan DeGraff, Janet Cattone, Barbara A. Brown, Elizabeth M. Von Frankenberg, Vivian B. Young, Betty Montgomery, Lillian Cobin, Karen Doherty, Henry Stroud, Shirley Cupery, Carolyn S. Klein, Jane Erisman, Jane Bullen, Annie B. King, Janet H. Waddell and Barbara Herr.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 3, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith R. Sattesahn (argued), Robert L. Ciociola, Skadden, Arps, Meagher, Slate & Flomm, Wilmington, Del., for appellants.

Gregg E. Wilson (argued), Janice R. Tigani, Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, Del., for appellees Norma Parson, Charles Hayward, John Rago, Dorothy F. Loftus, David Desmond, Carol Canfield, Susan Hayes Graham, Carol Harvey, William Ray Johnson, Patricia Levins, Barbara A. Brown, Elizabeth M. Von Frankenberg, Vivian B. Young, Betty Montgomery, Lillian Cobin, Karen Doherty, Henry Stroud, Shirley Cupery, Carolyn S. Klein, Jane Erisman, Jane Bullen, Annie B. King, Janet H. Waddell and Barbara Herr.

David H. Williams, Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, Del., for appellees David W. Hung, Susan DeGraff, and Janet Cattone.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, COWEN and ALDISERT Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

COWEN, Circuit Judge.

On August 5, 1987, Alma Gardner ("Alma"), individually and as next friend for her granddaughter Patsy Gardner, a minor ("Patsy"), filed an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. The complaint named numerous parties as defendants in connection with alleged constitutional violations arising from their care of Patsy, a severely mentally retarded teenager...

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