Michigan is paying $13M after shooter drill terrified psychiatric hospital for kids

Michigan paying US$13M after Detroit shooter drill terrified kids in psychiatric hospital

DETROIT — A judge has approved a US$13-million settlement in a lawsuit over an unannounced active shooter drill at a Michigan psychiatric hospital for children, an event that terrified kids and staff and caused them to scramble for cover, text family and urgently call 911.

Michigan ordered to pay $13m after active shooter drill traumatizes patients at psychiatric hospital for kids

The incident in December 2022 at the Hawthorn Center set off a frenzy, with children and their carers scrambling for cover,calling 911 and texting loved ones Read More The post Michigan ordered to pay $13m after active shooter drill traumatizes patients at psychiatric hospital for kids appeared first on Drudge Report.

State Ordered to Pay Millions to Children at Psychiatric Hospital for Traumatizing Them with Unannounced Active Shooter Drill

Police, dispatch, paramedics, patients and most employees were also not notified about the drill, so they thought the drill was real.

State Will Pay $13M Over Shooter Drill at Hospital for KIds

A judge has approved a $13 million settlement in a lawsuit over an unannounced active shooter drill at a Michigan psychiatric hospital for children, an event that terrified kids and staff and caused them to scramble for cover, text family, and urgently call 911. Someone at the front desk declared...

Michigan paying $13M after shooter drill terrified psychiatric hospital for kids

A judge has approved a $13 million settlement in a lawsuit over an unannounced active shooter drill at a Michigan psychiatric hospital for children.

Children and staff share $13m payout after unannounced 'shooter drill' at psychiatric hospital

Fifty children at the hospital each will receive around $60,000 (£46,000) and around 90 members of staff will receive an average of more than $50,000 (£38,000).