CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Evidentiary Issues
......Privileges-Discovery
.........Social Workers
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SWs entitled to qualified immunity where there was no evidence from which a reasonable jury could find that C's placement was terminated based on stmts that were either deliberately false or made with reckless disregard for their truth.

SWs are not judicial officers entitled to judicial immunity, but are entitled to SJ as a matter of law based on the immunity that shields discretionary decisions by public employees under GC §820.2.