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Litigation

Oct. 30, 2007

Lawyer, State Settle Over Formerly Secret Child Abuse List

After a five-year effort, a Los Angeles lawyer has reached a settlement with the state that gives people who appear on a formerly secret blacklist of child abusers the right to a hearing to challenge the allegations and clear their names.

By Susan McRae
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - After a five-year effort, a Los Angeles lawyer has reached a settlement with the state that gives people who appear on a formerly secret blacklist of child abusers the right to a hearing to challenge the allegations and clear their names.
      The list, called the Child Abuse Central Index, was begun by state officials in 1965 as a...

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