A Montgomery County jury has awarded $15 million in damages for the wrongful death of a child who was in the custody of the Alabama Department of Human Resources at the time of his death in 2013.
The Montgomery County Circuit Court jury deliberated for over an hour on Aug. 5 before returning the unanimous verdict, finding that the DHR case worker and a foster caregiver were responsible for the 9-year-old child’s death. The child’s name was not released for privacy reasons.
“This was an especially devastating case of reckless mismanagement by DHR, and this verdict proves that our judicial system won’t be a bystander of this severe injustice,” states Alexander Shunnarah, Founder and CEO of Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys. “We are proud of Andrew Moak for his unwavering dedication to this case over the last seven years as he fought for justice for the innocent life of a nine-year-old that was lost far too soon.
The plaintiff claimed that the DHR case worker’s and foster caregiver’s reckless mismanagement of the child’s specific symptoms and complaints led to the child suffering a sickle cell anemia attack. The child died of complications of the sickle cell crisis at Children’s Hospital in Birmingham in May 2013.
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