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BOONE COUNTY, Ky. —
The family of a Northern Kentucky aid worker who died last week is now moving forward with his whistleblower lawsuit over dozens of cases of child abuse.
Aaron William's father, Tim Williams, filed a lawsuit against Kentucky's Cabinet for Health and Family Services back in 2015.
Williams said he was retaliated against for calling out a failure to investigate 93 alleged child abuse cases.
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"He should be the one here. I shouldn't have to be here," Aaron said. "And we're just looking to try to maintain some, maintain some dignity for him and seek the justice he rightfully deserved.
"He had a lot of medical problems and dealing with all that and then dealing with the lawsuit with the state and also the extra weight of being a social worker and everything that he did in that field," Aaron continued.
An original settlement of $22 million was reached in 2022. The cabinet appealed it and a retrial was supposed to start Monday.
Aaron is expected to be substituted in as the plaintiff once it resumes.
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