CRIPPA v. DUKAKIS

No. 89-1883.

905 F.2d 553 (1990)

Katherine CRIPPA, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Michael S. DUKAKIS, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees. Appeal of Craig FOX, etc., Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1990.

As Amended June 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myles W. McDonough (argued) with whom Sloane & Walsh, Boston, Mass., was on brief for defendant.

Lydia J. Luz with whom Alice J. Klein and Keane & Klein, Boston, Mass., were on brief for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, and BOWNES and CYR, Circuit Judges.


CYR, Circuit Judge.

On July 5, 1982, plaintiff-appellee Katherine Crippa advised appellant Craig Fox, and a supervisor of investigations for the Massachusetts Department of Social Services ("DSS"), that she was fearful she would harm her three children. After alerting the Crippa children to the potential danger, Fox assisted their placement in a foster home, where they remained for eleven months before being returned to their mother.

On June 28, 1985, Crippa...

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