September 25, 2023

Negligent foster care.

Counties and foster care agencies may be sued to recover damages for negligence in the selection of foster parents and in supervision of the foster home. In order to find that a child care agency breached its duty to adequately supervise the children entrusted to its care, a plaintiff must establish that the agency had sufficiently specific knowledge or notice of the dangerous conduct which caused injury; that is, that the third-party acts could reasonably have been anticipated.

Grabowski v. Orange County, NY Slip Op 04580 (2d Dep't September 13, 2023)

Here is the decision.