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DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILY v. CHAPMAN

No. 2D07-4978.

9 So.3d 676 (2009)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Mark CHAPMAN, Individually, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gregory Chapman, Deceased, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Barbara Chapman, Deceased; Kathy Ruff; William Ruff; and Melissa Lagotte, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied May 26, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scot E. Samis of Abbey, Adams, Byelick, Kienan, Mueller, Marone & Samis, L.L.P., St. Petersburg, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Joseph D. Magri of Merkle & Magri, P.A., Tampa, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General; Scott D. Makar, Solicitor General; and Charles B. Upton, II, Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, for Amicus Curiae the State of Florida.

ALTENBERND, Judge.

The Department of Children and Family Services (DCF) appeals the judgments entered in favor of two families who each claim that a substance abuse counselor licensed by DCF seriously harmed their child. The Chapmans claim that their ten-year-old son committed suicide because of the professional negligence and outrageous misconduct of the counselor, Robert Taylor. The Ruffs claim that their sixteen-year-old daughter suffered mental injuries and severe...

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