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Litigation

Oct. 17, 2015

Settlement may be prequel to class action

A final settlement was approved Wednesday in a federal lawsuit considered the prequel to a potential class-action regarding Riverside County's policy of taking children from parents without obtaining warrants.

By Deirdre Newman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A final settlement was approved Wednesday in a federal lawsuit considered the prequel to a potential class action regarding the Riverside County's policy of removing children from their parents without obtaining a warrant. Branning v. County of Riverside, et al, 01342, (C.D. Cal., filed Oct. 13, 2015)

The case, originally filed in July 2014, settled for $750,000. Of that, $137,500 wi...

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