Former New Mexico CYFD case workers getting big settlement in whistleblower lawsuit

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The state of New Mexico will be paying a big chunk of change to two former New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department caseworkers who claim they were forced to quit their jobs after blowing the whistle on a case they say was mishandled. That case ended up getting national attention when one of the kids was treated in a North Carolina hospital for a brain bleed.
The lawsuit filed back in 2020, claimed the two women were forced to quit their jobs because the