Heightened Pleading Standard

What’s On Their Minds: What is the Appropriate Pleading Standard for a Wrongful Death Claim Against Child-Protection Caseworkers? Maternal Grandmother, as Administrator of the Estate of G.B., a deceased minor, and Maternal Grandmother, Individually v. Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services, Hamilton County, Ohio, Denise Driehouse, Chris Montzel, Todd Portune, Shamara Stephens a.k.a. Shamara Hooks-Ware, Kassie Setty, and Lumadi Lavusa, and Father of G.B. and Mother of G.B

By Marianna Bettman on May 13, 2021

Update: On November 23, 2021 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.

“I don’t believe the other side has argued Twombly in the appellate court, did they?”

Justice Brunner, to counsel for Grandmother

“Why does the York case not control in this particular case?”

Justice…

By Marianna Bettman on April 19, 2021

Update: On November 23, 2021 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.

Read the analysis of the oral argument here.

On April 28, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in Maternal Grandmother, as Administrator of the Estate of G.B., a deceased…