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Articles Posted in Wrongful Death

June 2, 2017

Michigan Appeals Court Upholds Grant of Summary Disposition to Defendants in Drug Overdose Lawsuit

On behalf of a victim’s estate, a plaintiff sued A Forever Recovery, Inc. (AFR) and a specialist for ordinary and medical negligence. She appealed the trial court’s opinion granting summary disposition to the defendants, pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8). The Michigan appeals court affirmed.This case arose out of the victim’s seeking treatment at AFR for drug addiction. A Texas resident, he was 23 years old when he died. He underwent inpatient rehabilitation treatment at AFR in Michigan for several months in 2011.

January 9, 2017

Michigan Jailers Ignore Suicidal Inmate’s Pleas for Help

by Neumann Law Group

Shortly before attempting to hang herself at Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, 25-year-old inmate Janika Edmond asked prison guards for a suicide prevention vest, a restrictive smock with Velcro used to prevent someone from being able to hurt themselves. State corrections officers Dianna Callahan and Kory Moore ignored her plea for help.Instead, the officers began talking between themselves about a bet they had placed on when Edmond would ask for a vest. Callahan won the bet, so she began taunting Moore about how she now owed her a Subway sandwich. Callahan can be heard on security video at the prison, shouting “Somebody owes me lunch.”