Injury & Accident Law
Family Seeks $207M in Death Suit, $1M Per Minute of Suffering
Posted May 16, 2008, 08:59 am CDT
By Molly McDonough
The family of an East Baltimore teen who died in 2007 at a school for juvenile offenders while counselors attempted to restrain him have filed a wrongful-death suit seeking $207 million.
The figure represents $1 million for every minute that Isaiah Simmons III, 17, allegedly suffered while counselors at Bowling Brook Preparatory School held him face-down for about three hours.
In a news conference covered by the Baltimore Sun, the family's attorney, Steven H. Heisler, said the restraint violated protocol and caused a "slow, agonizing and excruciating death."
The suit also asks for an additional $207 million in punitive damages.
Several of the counselors involved were charged last year with reckless endangerment, but the charges were tossed… Continue reading...
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