An Indiana couple is in the midst of a legal battle with the Hoosier State's Department of Child Services and a local children's hospital after their young kids were taken away because their baby's broken leg was mistaken for child abuse.

Grant and Myranda Phillips have filed a lawsuit against DCS and the Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, alleging that they violated the couple's due process rights. According to the suit, Myranda Phillips took their 2-month-old daughter to the emergency room at Riley on Dec. 26, 2022, after she noticed swelling in the girl's legs. They had spent time with their family over the holidays and the girl had been handled by other children, according to the suit.

An X-ray determined the girl had multiple fractures of different ages. This concerned doc

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