Even after several welfare complaints, a court said child protective services didn’t remove the girl from the house, and she was abused so severely that she will need live-in care for the rest of her life.
The State of Montana is appealing a ruling from Cascade County District Court which said the Department of Public Health and Human Services is responsible for $16 million for not reasonably foreseeing the abuse of Seraphina Wilson.
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) A Montana jury has awarded $16.6 million in damages to a victim of child abuse after a judge ruled the state failed to properly investigate abuse allegations before the 6-month-old girl suffered a traumatic brain injury that led to blindness, developmental delays and seizures.
GREAT FALLS, Mont. A Montana jury has awarded $16.6 million in damages to a victim of child abuse after a judge ruled the state failed to properly investigate abuse allegations before the 6-month-old girl suffered a traumatic brain injury that led to blindness, developmental delays and seizures.