US EditionDetroit suburb agrees to a $3.25 million settlement in the case of woman found alive in a body bag
Southfield agreed to pay $3.25 million after paramedics declared Timesha Beauchamp dead without hospital care, a delay that contributed to her death two months later.
- On Tuesday, Southfield agreed to a $3.25 million settlement with Timesha Beauchamp's family after she was declared dead at home and gasped when a funeral home opened her body bag.
- Southfield had fought the suit by arguing governmental immunity, but the Michigan Court of Appeals overturned that dismissal in 2024 amid pandemic challenges.
- Beauchamp, who was 2 and had cerebral palsy, was eventually rushed to a hospital, never recovered, and died two months later, medical staff said she would have survived if taken immediately from her home.
- Steven Hurbis, attorney for Beauchamp's family, said Tuesday that `She was put in a situation she never should have been in,` and Southfield said it recognizes the tragedy of August 23, 2020.
- Medical professionals said Beauchamp would have survived with immediate hospital transport, raising emergency response protocols concerns amid the global pandemic.
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City to Pay $3.25M in Case of Woman Wrongly Declared Dead
A Detroit suburb has agreed to a $3.25 million settlement with the family of a young woman who had been declared dead at home but then gasped for air and opened her eyes when her body bag was unzipped at a funeral home. Southfield paramedics were accused of gross...
Family receives $4.8 million after woman declared dead then found alive in body bag
A town in the US has agreed to a $US3.25 million ($4.82 million) settlement with the family of a young woman who was declared dead at home but then gasped for air and opened her eyes when her body bag was unzipped at a funeral home.Paramedics were accused of gross negligence in how they responded to Timesha Beauchamp after a 911 call in the Detroit suburb of Southfield in 2020.The 20-year-old, who had cerebral palsy, was eventually rushed to a h…
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