Judge denies request to dismiss case against social workers in child abuse case

Judge denies request to dismiss case against social workers in child abuse case:
Four county workers sought to have charges against them dismissed in connection with the beating and torture death of 8-year-old Palmdale boy Gabriel Fernandez. 

LOS ANGELES    A judge has rejected arguments to dismiss charges against two former Los Angeles County social workers and their supervisors, charged with child abuse and falsifying records that resulted from the death of an 8-year-old Palmdale boy.