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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chris_ on March 27, 2008, 12:47:41 PM
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Phoenix Rejects $8M Airport Death Claim
Thursday, March 27, 2008
AP
PHOENIX — The family of a New York woman who died in police custody at the Phoenix airport in September filed an $8 million claim against the city Wednesday, the first step in filing a wrongful death suit.
The claim was immediately rejected by the city in a letter to lawyers for the family of Carol Anne Gotbaum, who died Sept. 28 in a police holding cell at Sky Harbor International Airport after being arrested for disorderly conduct. She was on her way by herself from New York to enter an alcohol treatment center in Tucson.
The claim, the legally required precursor to a lawsuit, seeks the money for Gotbaum's husband, Noah, her three children and her estate. Gotbaum's husband is the son of New York City Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum.
Link (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,342113,00.html)
It's been awhile, but there's an update.
Her family KNEW she didn't need to be travelling alone, given the severity of her health issues. I hope the lawsuit is thrown out. :mental:
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They will probably lose. As it should be.
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They will probably lose. As it should be.
Agreed. It just boggles my mind to this day that they never had anyone travelling with her that day.
The woman was mentally unstable due to her alcohol problem, yet they thought it was okay for her to be by herself.
That, in my opinion, is what will cause the family to lose the case. They can't ignore that fact about her.