Case Study Aurora Espinal-Cruz

A case study that I found in this article is on is on Aurora Espinal-Cruz. She is a six-month-old baby that was found by her sister with bruises on her arm. Then, they called the Oklahoma Department of Human Services because they suspected it to be child abuse. The children were then taken from their biological mom and placed with Deanza Jones, a foster parent. After seventeen days in Jones’ care, on January 27, 2002, Aurora was found dead in her crib and suffered a great deal. She was left to die in her own waste and vomit while cockroaches ate her skin. Robbie Burke, a special administrator of Aurora’s estate, sued Jones, Department of Human Services, and two of their employees of the negligence and wrongful death of a child. Jones asked his insurance company to settle the case, but they declined. At the trail, the unanimous jury had a verdict of $20 million against Jones’. After that, Jones’ …show more content…
At first I, did not think about it till I read this article. I found that there are different kinds of insurances you need to have to be able to foster a child. I learned that you should make sure you have or obtain the liability insurance policies to cover damage to third party property, third party bodily injury, and damage to the children. These policies help the foster parents provide the children great service and for the foster children as well. This article is important to me because I have always said I wanted to become a foster parent one day. This article helped me realize that it is just more than taking care of a child, you must obtain the different types of insurances and a few other things to determine if your home and your background meets their standards. People who agree to foster parent children are important in our society because with most children, they need a loving home environment around them and help the grow strong and learn new things in the world around them