DEEGAN v. JEFFERSON COUNTY

No. 93-3408.

188 Wis.2d 544 (1994)

525 N.W.2d 149

Barbara DEEGAN, and J.T., by his next friend Barbara Deegan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, the Jefferson County Department of Human Services, Kathie Gerber, and Keren Pomp, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of John F. Ebbott and Jeffery R. Myer of Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc. of Milwaukee.

For the defendants-respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of Charles H. Bohl, Pamela M. Schmidt, and Laurie J. McLeRoy of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, S.C. of Milwaukee.

Before Eich, C.J., Dykman and Sundby, JJ.


EICH, C.J.

After prevailing in a proceeding instituted by the Jefferson County Department of Human Services to terminate her parental rights to her son, J.T., Barbara Deegan sued the County and two of the social workers assigned to her case for damages, claiming that the workers had "intentionally, willfully and maliciously" engaged in a conspiracy to separate her from her child and failed to perform their duties under ch. 48, STATS., to assist her in keeping and...

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