District of Columbia v. Hampton

How courts have described this case

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• holding that \expert testimony was needed to establish the standard of care\ in a case involving the selection and supervision of foster parents, where a child died in foster care as a result of the foster parents' alleged negligence
• holding that “expert testimony was needed to establish the standard of care” in a case involving the selection and supervision of foster parents, where a child died in foster care as a result of the foster parents’ alleged negligence
• noting that expert testimony is not required “when the issue before the jury [does] not involve either a subject too technical for lay jurors to understand or the exercise of sophisticated professional judgment”
• regulations did not “establish that the foster parent is under the act/ual control” of department [emphasis added]
• governmental entity cannot be held vicariously liable for the acts of a foster parent
• referring to professional medical malpractice cases

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