[Download] "Beltran V. State Department Of Social And Health Services" by Washington Court of Appeals * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Beltran V. State Department Of Social And Health Services
- Author : Washington Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 13, 1999
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 77 KB
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Kathy Beltran's three young children were placed in a foster home where they were sexually assaulted by the foster mother's teenage son. Beltran sued the State of Washington, the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), Child Protective Services (CPS), and Janet Engle, the caseworker who licensed the foster home, for negligence and civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983. The trial court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing all claims. On appeal, Beltran contends that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment because there were several genuine issues of material fact regarding whether the respondent, State and caseworker, proximately caused the children to be injured due to negligent screening and licensing of the foster home. In light of the trial court's summary judgment in favor of Gloria St. Jacques on the essential issue of negligent supervision, an order which was not appealed, Beltran has failed to establish legal causation. We therefore affirm summary judgment in favor of the remaining defendants.