Carl DeBrodie's Callaway County Special Services case manager has denied allegations she neglected her duties with DeBrodie, according to legal documents.
Tiffany Keipp's legal counsel submitted a response Thursday to the civil lawsuit in which Keipp is named as a defendant. The suit was filed on behalf of DeBrodie's mother, Carolyn Summers, in late January.
DeBrodie's body was found, severely decomposed, in a storage unit in April 2017.
The suit alleges that while under the care of Second Chance Homes of Fulton, DeBrodie, then 31, was deprived of adequate medical care and other important services. It names as defendants many of those in the hierarchy of responsibility for DeBrodie's care.
Case managers are required to make and log monthly, face-to-face visits with clients, according to division directives from the Missouri Department of Mental Health. The civil suit alleges Keipp missed several visits in 2016 and falsified reports to her supervisors at CCSS.
Keipp's response denies those allegations.
In May 2017, CCSS Executive Director Julia Kaufmann told the Fulton Sun while DeBrodie's case manager made monthly visits to Second Chance, she did not always see DeBrodie. Kaufmann did not specifically name Keipp, but said the case manager was no longer with CCSS.
The civil suit also describes a meeting to discuss whether to remove certain residents from Second Chance in October 2016. The suit claims Keipp, Callaway County's assistant public administrator, Second Chance manager Sherry Paulo and owner Rachel Rowden, and two home residents were present, but DeBrodie was not.
Keipp's response states a meeting to discuss service providers did take place, although not necessarily on that date. A June response from Rowden's attorney denies that such a meeting occurred.
Dismissal opposition
Summers' lawyer made two filings July 2 opposing motions to dismiss the suit from the Callaway County Public Administrator's office and state of Missouri defendants.
The filings argue the motions to dismiss misrepresent allegations made in the civil suit and state and county defendants are not entitled to qualified immunity, among other assertions.