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    LA County to settle for $1.85 million with whistleblower who alleged child welfare failures

    by Gregory Yee, Los Angeles Times Apr 20, 2022 4 minutes
    Attorney Brian Claypool, left, shown with David Barron, right, daughter Melanie Barron, 11, and wife Maria Barron, far right, holds a press conference announcing a $50 million lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Department of Children Services in the death of the Barrons nephew Anthony Avalos, the 10- year-old Antelope Valley boy prosecutors say was killed by...

    LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County supervisors on Tuesday approved a $1.85 million payment to settle a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a former county social worker who alleged he had uncovered a pattern of systemic misconduct that endangered thousands of children, records show.

    According to an amended civil complaint filed in L.A. County Superior Court on June 23, 2020, Dennis Finn was a social worker with the county's Department of Children and Family Services for 24 years when he was fired on May 22, 2019, after repeatedly raising his concerns with the department and becoming a whistleblower for California state officials.

    Finn's suspicions of misconduct arose following the complaint stated. The 8-year-old boy died

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