Doctors can be sued for failing to report suspicions of child abuse, even though the Child Protective Services Law lacks an explicit civil remedy, the state Superior Court has ruled.
A unanimous three-judge panel reversed and remanded a Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas decision Aug. 25, holding that the plaintiffs sufficiently presented a prima facie case that a child’s risk of harm was increased by six doctors who cared for him but failed to report abuse.
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