$10 Million Settlement For Child Abused By Foster Parent Demonstrates Lapses In Oversight System | Jonathan Rosenfeld

$10 Million Settlement For Child Abused By Foster Parent Demonstrates Lapses In Oversight System | Jonathan Rosenfeld - Nursing Home Abuse - JDSupra

Summary: A significant settlement in a foster care abuse lawsuit demonstrated the defects in regulatory system meant to protect vulnerable children and infants. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of a 5-year-old boy who was placed into the foster care system after his birth mother was deemed unfit to care for the baby by her family.

From the time the boy was placed in the custody of his foster mother, he was repeatedly physically abused by the woman. An ancillary criminal trial of the foster mother demonstrated that repeated episodes of physical abuse resulted in a permanent brain injury to the boy.