From 2005 to 2015 this blog presented news items and resources relating to trial advocacy and the legal system, with a focus on Washington State. It was developed to support the Trial Advocacy Program at the University of Washington School of Law, but broadened to include appellate practice, the courts, access to justice, and related topics. It is no longer active.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
$22 million claim filed for boy starved by parents
Yesterday Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Thomas Wynne convicted a father and his girlfriend of criminal mistreatment, finding they intentionally started a four-year-old boy (who is now in foster care). Couple convicted of denying food to 4-year-old, Seattle Times, Dec. 20, 2007. Today a lawyer filed a $22 million claim against the state Department of Social and Health Services on behalf of the boy, for failing to take proper action on complaints that the boy was malnourished. $22 million claim filed for boy starved by parents, Seattle P-I, Dec. 20, 2007.
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