# Turner v. District of Columbia

> District of Columbia Court of Appeals · October 28, 1987 · 532 A.2d 662

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9761763

## Case

- **Full name:** Clara Louise TURNER, Et Al., Appellants, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Et Al., Appellees
- **Court:** District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** October 28, 1987
- **Citations:** 532 A.2d 662; 56 U.S.L.W. 2262; 1987 D.C. App. LEXIS 475
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Steadman
- **Judges:** Newman, Terry, and Steadman, Associate Judges
- **Cited by:** 67 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that “[t]he Child Abuse Prevention Act imposes upon certain public officials specific duties and responsibilities which are intended to protect a narrowly defined and otherwise helpless class of persons: abuse and neglected children”
- finding a protected class of abused children in the Child Abuse Protection Act, which mandated actions by the District (citing Morgan v. District of Columbia, supra, 468 A.2d at 1314)
- affirming dismissal of negligence claims against supervisory officials in their individual capacities where “[t]he complaint alleged no facts suggesting personal involvement in this case by either of them,” and because “as public officials they cannot be held liable in tort fo…
- explaining that a statutorily mandated special duty is owed to every adjudicated neglected child in the District

## Opinion text

STEADMAN, Associate Judge,
concurring:
I concur in the result. I think that the particular facts of this case as alleged, with the two-part Platt test applied as indicated in footnote 5 of the majority opinion, and coupled with the wording of the statute at issue, precluded the granting of summary judgment. I go no further to dispose of this appeal.

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