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LA County Settles $20M for Child Abuse Case Failures

10/3/2025

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  • Los Angeles County will pay $20 million to Noah Cuatro's family for the 2019 death.
  • The case exposed the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) failures after it ignored a court order to remove Noah.
  • Noah's parents pleaded no contest to murder and torture.
  • Eva Hernandez, Noah's great-grandmother, sued DCFS for failing to protect him amid abuse reports.