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Child Abuse, Foster Care Negligence
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Case Details
Attorneys representing eight developmentally disabled foster children who were placed in what one judge called a “house of horrors” foster home settled with New York state adoption and child welfare agencies and their state-contracted providers in 2014 for $26 million. This includes a prior $9.7 million settlement.
Additional Notes
Settlement for eight developmentally disabled foster children abused in a 'house of horrors' foster home. Total settlement including a prior $9.7 million settlement reached $26 million. Foster mother Judith Leekin imprisoned children, collected subsidies, and was later sentenced for fraud.