A new lawsuit alleges San Joaquin County failed to follow procedures that could have protected a 1-year-old boy from being beaten to the edge of death by his father.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in San Joaquin County Superior Court, alleges that San Joaquin County’s Department of Child Support Services and Human Services Agency ignored what lawyers called “repeated warnings and red flags” about the boy’s father, Roberto Hernandez.
Despite allegations that Hernandez was abusing his baby, Sebastian, agency officials did not properly intercede to protect the child until it was too late, the suit states…