On January 31st of 2023, ABC's Action News shared a statement that was sent to them from Tulare County Health and Human Services regarding what has been referred to as the largest settlement ever obtained against a child protective services agency by a surviving child of abuse in the state

of California. The statement reads, on July 22nd, 2022, through voluntary mediation, the county

of Tilleri entered into a settlement agreement with Patricia Sanchez, grandmother of J.G., a minor child who suffered a severe health

crisis on August 1st, 2020, while in the care of his parents. The county is sorry for what

J.G. has experienced. It is a senseless tragedy that will affect J.G. for the remainder of his life,

and he will remain in our thoughts.

The amount of the settlement approved by the court is $32 million and will be used for

JG's necessary lifelong health and wellness care. The county of Tilleri acted and settled in the

best interest of everyone involved. So $32 million, that is a crazy amount of money,

especially for a settlement. So they must have really known they did something wrong to settle on that

amount of money. Right, because you don't just throw out that kind of money unless something major

slipped through the cracks.

Especially in a settlement. Right. Now, of course, no amount of money could ease the pain that J.G suffered through leading up to that August day when the trajectory of his entire future

was shifted in the worst way. We had $32 million. That's a pretty substantial payout paired with a statement

that seems vague about the case at best. Yeah. I mean, what they said was kind of vague. It does make

you wonder like what the hell happened because $32 million is a lot of money. And I mean,

we've heard countless stories of officials failing time and time again,

but it's not very often that we actually hear of them paying up. Right. It tells me that

something happened in the system that failed this child. Yeah, big time. So did Petritia and her legal team finally find the key to holding authorities responsible

for neglecting to uphold the important roles they've been trusted with?

Or is it just that the case of Patricia's grandson journey is so reprehensible that it stands out

above the rest?

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