Son, Abused By Father, Can Seek Damages From Social Worker

DENVER (AP) — A federal appeals court has found that a Denver city social worker can be sued for violating the constitutional rights of a boy after she recommended that he be placed in his father’s custody despite knowing that the father was a convicted sex offender.
The boy was physically and sexually abused by his father.
Monday’s decision by a three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected case worker Kelcey Patton’s claim that, as a city employee