The Law Office of Daniel A. Horwitz, Esq. - The Law Office of Daniel A. Horwitz, Esq.
By David L. Hudson, Jr.
The Tennessee Supreme Court unanimously reversed a Tennessee Court of Appeals opinion that had found there was clear and convincing evidence that both parents of a young infant found with 22 rib fractures had committed “severe child abuse.” Instead, the state high court found in In Re Markus E . that there was insufficient evidence that the parents’ actions or omissions were “knowing.”
The case involved a prematurely born infant – known in court papers as Markus E. – who suffered from a variety of ailments, including neonatal Graves disease, an overactive thyroid condition, chronic subdural hematomas, bronchitis and — most disturbingly – 22 rib fractures.
The Law Office of Daniel A. Horwitz, Esq. - The Law Office of Daniel A. Horwitz, Esq.