Negligent Supervision - $2.1 MILLION
N/AOUTCOME: After protracted litigation, the shelter settled for $2.1 million at Mediation.
A fifteen year old minor is remanded to a youth shelter. He threatens upon admission to hang himself from a bunk bed with a leather belt. The youth shelter inexplicably assigns him to a bunk bed room a ... nd allows him access to a belt. He is then found hanging from a bunk bed causing serious and catastrophic brain injuries, coma. The shelter staff waste critical time looking for a camera to take pictures of the minor instead of immediately calling for paramedics and other assistance. When paramedics finally arrive they transport him to a local hospital where he would later tragically pass away. A law suit was filed on behalf of the bereaved parents seeking justice for the loss of their child.
