Taylor v. Harford County Department of Social Services

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an “intentional act must be shown to have been either reckless in its nature or deliberately intended to harm the child in order for a finding of ‘indicated child abuse’ to be made”
• finding that, “[i]n assessing the dispositions of investigation delineated in COMAR 07.02.07.12, it is incumbent upon the ALJ to examine all the evaluative standards contained within this regulation[,]” to ensure that neither an “Unsubstantiated” nor a “Ruled–Out” finding apply
• applying de novo review to determine whether an Administrative Law Judge “applied the correct legal standard in reaching his conclusion”
• Reckless conduct “is defined as . . . the creation of a substantial and unjustifiable risk of harm to others and by a conscious (and sometimes deliberate) disregard for or indifference to that risk.”
• “Ordinarily, unless the facts are so clear as to permit a conclusion as a matter of law, it is for the trier of fact to determine whether a defendant’s negligent conduct amounts to gross negligence.”
• “When the agency decision being judicially reviewed is a mixed question of law and fact, the reviewing court applies the substantial evidence test, that is, the same standard of review it would apply to an agency factual finding.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).