D.M.S. v. BARBER

No. C8-00-2227.

645 N.W.2d 383 (2002)

D.M.S., Petitioner, Appellant, v. Kennedy BARBER, Defendant, The Professional Association of Treatment Homes (PATH), a non-profit Minnesota Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 13, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick T. Tierney, Thomas E. McEllistrem, Collins, Buckley, Sauntry & Haugh, P.L.L.P., Saint Paul, MN, for Appellant.

Jeanette M. Bazis, Greene Espel, P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for Respondent.

Barbara J. Felt, Reinhardt & Anderson, Saint Paul, MN, for Amicus Curiae.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


OPINION

PAGE, Justice.

In August or September 1992, 13-year-old D.M.S. was placed in the home of Kennedy Barber, a foster parent supervised by the Professional Association of Treatment Homes (PATH). Approximately five months later, on February 22, 1993, D.M.S. was removed from the Barber home after D.M.S. informed a Hennepin County social worker that he felt uncomfortable in the Barber home, that Barber was sleeping with boys in his bedroom, and that Barber...

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