DOE BY NELSON v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY

Civ. A. No. 86-C-659.

712 F.Supp. 1370 (1989)

S. DOE, a minor, and M. Doe, a minor, both by Craig W. NELSON, their guardian ad litem, M.A. Doe, V. Doe, and E. Doe, Plaintiffs, v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY; Milwaukee County Department of Social Services; and Thomas Brophy, Ed Konkol, Kenneth Richter, Marge Coffey, Peg McCarthy, King Taylor, and John Roe and Jane Roe, individually and in their capacities as employees and officers of Milwaukee County and the Milwaukee County Department of Social Services, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

May 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig W. Nelson, Piette, Nelson, Zimmerman & Dries, S.C., Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs.

Robert Andrews, Milwaukee County Corp. Counsel, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants.


DECISION and ORDER

TERENCE T. EVANS, District Judge.

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