Appellate Court backs DCF decision to fire social worker whose foster child died

Appellate Court backs DCF decision to fire social worker whose foster child died

The state Appellate Court on Monday reinstated a labor arbitrator’s decision that the state Department of Children and Families acted properly in firing social worker Suzanne Listro of Mansfield, whose 7-month-old foster child died as a result of injuries possibly sustained under her care in May 2008.