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G.S. v. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVS.

723 A.2d 612 (1999)

157 N.J. 161

G.S., Appellant-Respondent, v. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided February 17, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant (Peter Verniero, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Jaynee LaVecchia, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

Stephan Siegel, Freehold, for respondent (Matlin and Siegel, attorneys).

The opinion of the court was delivered by GARIBALDI, J.

This appeal arises out of a medication overdose administered to a child by a care-giver at a facility for retarded persons. The child was hospitalized after G.S., the caregiver, failed to follow the facility's medication dispensation procedures and administered a dosage seventy-eight times the prescribed amount. Although the...

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