E.G., et al. v. South Carolina Department of Social Services, et al.

Florence, South Carolina personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theoris.



This case began in circuit court as a lawsuit on behalf of two children—E.G. and J.J.—by their guardian ad litem—John D. Elliott. The plaintiff claimed the children were sexually molested and subjected to other abuses by P.M.—the adopted minor son of Annie Montgomery—while the children were in Montgomery's foster care. The plaintiff's central allegation in the lawsuit is that Montgomery and the South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS) knew or should have known that P.M. had a history of sexually abusing other children. Thus, the plaintiff claimed, DSS was negligent in placing—and Montgomery was negligent in accepting—the children into her foster care. The plaintiff also claimed that Montgomery was negligent in failing to protect the children from P.M. and that Montgomery's and DSS's conduct violated the children's civil and constitutional rights. Pursuing evidence to support their central allegation during discovery, the