Portland jury awards record sum against DHS: $4.1M to girls who said foster mom molested them

Portland jury awards record sum against DHS: $4.1M to girls who said foster mom molested them | OregonLive.com:

A Portland jury on Friday awarded the largest sum ever levied against the Oregon Department of Human Services for failing to protect children: $4.1 million to two girls who said they were molested by their Portland foster mom, who had been reported to a child-abuse hotline seven times before state child-welfare workers intervened.