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The adoptive parents of a young boy with special needs have been awarded $13.5 million in damages against Jewish Family and Community Services, Inc. (JFCS) for negligently misrepresenting and failing to disclose material facts related to his history during the adoption process. The jury found that JFCS acted with wanton and willful disregard for the human… View Article
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In one of the largest jury awards in Florida history, a young girl has been awarded a $15 million verdict against the Florida Department of Children & Families (”DCF”) for negligently investigating abuse reports that her mother had abused drugs endangering the child. The eight-year-old girl who is referred to as H.H., was tortured and suffered… View Article
Christopher Nevarez, the father of Makenzie Nevarez, a 6-month-old baby girl who suffered catastrophic injuries and later passed away from blunt force trauma, has been awarded $4.5 million in damages in a wrongful death case involving the Broward Sheriff’s Office for failure to protect his daughter. Justin Grosz and Stacie Schmerling, partners with Justice for… View Article
On Friday, March 23, 2018, Governor Rick Scott signed CS/HB 6509, a claims bill that directs the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) to pay more than $5 million awarded by a Florida jury to C.M.H., a victim of sexual abuse by a child in foster care. This marks the largest known recovery in… View Article
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Thousands of foster children, former foster children, developmentally disabled and medically fragile children are part of the Florida child care system. If you’re currently or formerly a child in – or an advocate for or parent of a child in the foster care system – the Justice for Kids blog is here to help. Every… View Article
For the last 50 years in our nation’s foster care experiment, abused, neglected and abandoned children have been languishing in foster care systems in all 50 states that re-abuse those children. Today, The Imprint reports 37 states reported that they send these children to hotels, government offices, and motels as emergency shelters because of the… View Article
On June 8, 2026, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a legislative claims bill awarding $3.8 million to L.E., a six-year-old girl who suffered catastrophic, life-altering injuries when she was just eight weeks old after Florida child welfare authorities inexplicably returned her to her abusive parents. The bill was secured by Justice for Kids® co-founder Justin Grosz… View Article
By Howard Talenfeld April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month—a time to reflect on how we protect our most vulnerable children. But what happens when the system designed to protect them becomes a source of harm? For over fifty years, America’s foster care systems have promised one thing: safety, stability, and a chance for a better… View Article
Justin Grosz, a veteran child injury law attorney and co-founder of Justice for Kids®, a division of Kelley Kronenberg, has been elected to the National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC) board of directors. “I am honored to join the board of NACC and work alongside this talented and dedicated group of advocates to strengthen the nationwide… View Article
