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SLATER v. DCFS

No. 1-10-2914.

953 N.E.2d 44 (2011)

352 Ill. Dec. 108

Asia SLATER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES and Erwin McEwen, as Director of the Department of Children and Family Services, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

June 17, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McDermott Will & Emery LLP ( Aron J. Frakes and Michael W. Weaver , of counsel), and Diane Redleaf and Melissa L. Staas , both of Family Defense Center, both of Chicago, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Chicago ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, and Laura Wunder , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellees.

OPINION

Justice ROBERT E. GORDON delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Defendant, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), entered an indicated finding of neglect against 17-year-old plaintiff Asia Slater in the State Central Register, based on an incident in which Asia's 7-month-old daughter fell on a colored pencil that Asia was using for a school art project, piercing her neck and puncturing her lung. Asia...

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