A California foster-care survivor says he reported abuse as a child in 2006 but officials failed to act; nearly 20 years later, an appeals court reversed the dismissal of his negligence lawsuit against Alameda County

• The California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Four, reversed the dismissal on October 26, 2026.
• According to the court’s published opinion, available on Justia, the man, identified as K.
• S., alleged that he reported the abuse to a group home supervisor in 2006, when he was 12 years old, but no investigation or