The state has agreed to pay $2.9 million to three children sexually abused by older kids in a Nassau County foster home.
The agreement follows an appellate decision lawyers called unprecedented that gave the children the right to sue the Florida Department of Children and Families for placing them in a home where danger lurked.
The settlement encompasses both state and federal claims filed against the department and its employees. Under its terms, the money will go into a trust fund to pay for ongoing therapeutic care and treatment for the children, molested nearly a decade ago.
Lawyers for the children said the settlement was bolstered by a December ruling by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. It said the children could sue on grounds that DCF was “deliberately indifferent” to the potential danger they faced when they were placed in the state-licensed foster home.
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The agreement follows an appellate decision lawyers called unprecedented that gave the children the right to sue the Florida Department of Children and Families for placing them in a home where danger lurked.
The settlement encompasses both state and federal claims filed against the department and its employees. Under its terms, the money will go into a trust fund to pay for ongoing therapeutic care and treatment for the children, molested nearly a decade ago.
Lawyers for the children said the settlement was bolstered by a December ruling by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. It said the children could sue on grounds that DCF was “deliberately indifferent” to the potential danger they faced when they were placed in the state-licensed foster home.
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3 comments:
Good -- money talks and having to pay out 2.9 mil might make send the right message to DCF to do their job.
On the other hand, the recipients of the 2.9 mil had better watch their backs --- the courts will start right away setting up the recipients for guardianship.
It's what they do -- award the money and then plan to take it back.
Yes, 2.9 mil is to be paid out by the state, but one third will go for attorney's fees. The children should NEVER have had to be subjected to this abuse. Then, the amount alloted to treat these children for years, will be under a 1 mil. to cover the three children. That's not just. They should never been at the mercy of a Government (state) agency. Government is the LEAST qualified to raise children.
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