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S.S. v. STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERV.

No. 01-943.

846 So.2d 871 (2003)

S.S., Individually and as Representative of Minors v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES and Educational and Treatment Council, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 19, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell Purvis, Smith, Taliaferro, Purvis & Boothe, Jonesville, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, S.S., Individually and as Representative of Minors.

Joe A. Brame, Brame & McCain, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Educational and Treatment Council, Inc.

Micheal Penn, Adam L. Ortego, Louisiana Department of Justice, Attorney General, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, State of Louisiana.

Court composed of JOHN D. SAUNDERS, BILLIE COLOMBARO WOODARD, MARC T. AMY, ELIZABETH A. PICKETT and BILLY H. EZELL, Judges.

PICKETT, Judge.

FACTS

This matter arises from an incident which occurred on August 19, 1995, when a minor child, LW, was sexually abused by an employee of the shelter facility where she was placed by the Department of Social Services (DSS) while in the custody of the State of Louisiana.

LW and her two siblings were adjudicated children in need of care and placed in the custody of the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Social Services,...

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