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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Body bag

DETROIT (CN) — A federal judge in Michigan dismisses a mother’s claims against the city of Southfield and its fire department after first responders placed her daughter in a body bag before taking her to a funeral home, where she was found to be alive, though she passed 10 days later. The mother did not show they committed “private acts of violence,” so the first responders were not responsible for the woman’s death.

Read the ruling here.

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