Arizona DCS asks judge to dismiss lawsuit over alleged failure to protect Scottsdale brothers from abuse

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — The Arizona Department of Child Safety is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit that alleges the agency failed to protect two brothers from abuse.

In January 2022, 11-year-old Chaskah Davis Smith was found at a Scottsdale extended-stay hotel near Old Town Scottsdale with injuries. He did not survive.

His brother survived but suffered severe trauma, according to a lawsuit filed against the agency earlier this year…

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