EMT Ann Marie Thomas
This incident was a lawsuit in the making.
Now, here it is.
Katrease Stafford of the Detroit Free Press reports that the family of an 8-month-old girl who died in May after an emergency medical technician refused to go to her home when she stopped breathing, is suing the City of Detroit and the Detroit Fire Department.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in Wayne County Circuit Court, seeks least $1 million in damage, but attorney Jim Craig of Feiger Law, the firm representing the family, says the family is suing for several millions of dollars, the Freep reports.
"It really is shocking and it's just disgusting," Craig said, according to the Free Press report. "Obviously the woman was removed by the fire chief but it’s unfathomable. You do this for years and you never see something (like) this."
EMT Ann Marie Thomas was eventually fired.