Social workers use qualified immunity to shield them after baby is found dead in home littered with animal urine, feces
Lawsuit
New Mexico social workers are using qualified immunity as a defense for a wrongful death lawsuit filed after an infant died in foster care. In 2017, 11-month-old Ariza Barreras died while in the care of a state respite care foster parent, Stephanie Crownover. Ariza and her siblings were dropped off days earlier at Crownover’s home in …