Quincy Dairy Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

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• holding that department of social services staff members who were acting for and representing the director of social services were public officials because the director, a public official, had the statutory authority to delegate to staff members authority to act as his representative
• holding social workers for county social services are public officials
• holding social workers for county social services are public officials
• considering not just assurances made by the agencies involved with the placement of a child in foster care, but also considering the tenor of the meetings and the conduct of those representatives in finding the defendants had created a “special duty” by promise

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