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Lawsuit accusing DHS in toddler's death to move forward

 
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TULSA - A lawsuit claiming three Oklahoma Department of Human Services workers contributed to the conditions that led to a 2-year-old girl's death has been allowed to move forward by an appeals court.

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The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the DHS workers accused in Raymond Briggs' lawsuit are eligible to be sued.

Briggs sued DHS employees Kristal Johnson, Yolanda Hunter and David Burgess along with another youth services agency in 2006, claiming they discouraged the reporting of child abuse leading up to the death of Kelsey Smith-Briggs.

"This allows us the opportunity ... to begin questioning those people who we feel are responsible for what happened to little Kelsey," said Joe White, an attorney for Briggs.

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