J.H. EX REL. HIGGIN v. JOHNSON

No. 02-1064.

346 F.3d 788 (2003)

J.H. and J.D., by and through, their father, Todd HIGGIN, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Gordon JOHNSON, Gary T. Morgan, Amy Remington, Lynn Crowther, Michael Horstman, Ina Denton, Gloria Lewis, and Luis Soto, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 10, 2003.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 1, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. O'Callaghan, O'Callaghan & Colleagues, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Richard S. Huszagh, Office of the Atty. Gen. Civ. App. Div., Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and MANION, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 1, 2003.

FLAUM, Chief Judge.

J.H. and J.D., minor siblings, were sexually abused by their respective foster fathers in foster homes selected for them by Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc. ("McKinley"), a licensed private child welfare agency under contract with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services ("DCFS"). After the abuse came to light, the foster fathers, Richard Hill and William White...

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