The Estate of Angel Place v. Joyce Anderson, Joni Bedell and Crystal Stewart

Denver, Colorado personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued defendant on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983.



Angel Place cried. That fateful decision—such a commonplace event in the

life of an eleven-month-old baby—ended in tragedy. For her offense, Angel's foster

mother, Sydney White, violently shook Angel by the neck. Two days later, Angel

died. White pleaded guilty to child abuse resulting in death and tampering with

physical evidence. A Colorado state court sentenced White to 30 years'

imprisonment.



The personal

representatives of her estate, Plaintiffs in this case, claim that three county human

services workers violated Angel's Fourteenth Amendment substantive due process

rights by allowing her placement with Sydney White and by later not removing Angel

from White's home.

Summary judgment in favor of Defendants.



See: Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirming District Court