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BELTRAN v. DSHS

No. 42387-8-I.

989 P.2d 604 (1999)

98 Wash.App. 245

Kathy BELTRAN, individually and as Guardian of the persons and estates of Christina Serafino, Edison Serafino and Zenaida Beltran, Appellants, v. STATE of Washington, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, Division of Children, Youth and Family Services, Child Protective Services, Chrisitian St. Jacques and Judy Soriano, individually and in their official capacity as licensed foster parents by the State of Washington, and Jane and John Does 1-6, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

December 13, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rene David Tomisser, Olympia, for Respondents.

David P. Moody, Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim, Seattle, Darrell L. Cochran, Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim, Tacoma, for Appellants.

APPELWICK, J.

Kathy Beltran's three young children were placed in a foster home where they were sexually assaulted by the foster mother's teenage son. Beltran sued the State of Washington, the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), Child Protective Services (CPS), and Janet Engle, the caseworker who licensed the foster home, for negligence and civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The trial court granted the defendants' motion for summary...

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