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MISSISSIPPI DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES v. S.W.

No. 2005-CA-00227-COA.

974 So.2d 253 (2007)

MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Appellant v. S.W., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied November 27, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Streetman, David Lee Gladden, attorneys for appellant.

Carlton W. Reeves, J. Douglas Minor, Jackson, attorneys for appellee.

Before CHANDLER, P.J., BARNES and CARLTON, JJ.

CARLTON, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. This is a negligence suit brought by a minor against the Mississippi Department of Human Services (DHS) alleging that DHS breached its statutory duties to him while he was in its care and custody, allowing him to be sexually abused by employees of the child care facilities in which he was placed. The trial judge, sitting without a jury, entered judgment against DHS in the amount of $750,000. DHS filed a motion for new trial, remittitur...

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