Wrongful Death Suit Filed After Boy Drowns in River
The family of a 15-year-old boy that drowned in a river in Richmond, IN has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a mental health treatment and counseling center where the boy was staying. The indychannel.com report states that the boy went on a field trip in Richmond with a group from the facility and the group went swimming. While the group was swimming the 15-year-old boy drowned in the river.
The boy was reportedly under water for roughly 40 minutes before divers found his body. An investigation ruled that the boy’s death was accidental. The report states that two counselors were looking after the group of 10 children total. The wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of the boy’s mother is seeking an unspecified amount in damages. The boy’s mother stated she had not seen her son in over a year prior to his death. The facility has yet to respond to the lawsuit in any way. The mother filed the lawsuit demanding to know what caused her son’s death.
When a person loses somebody due to unknown circumstances, they deserve to have some sort of closure in their lives. Although it will not bring their loved ones back, it will provide them with a sense of peace in some way. The person who lost their loved ones also deserves to have justice on their behalf, especially if there is a possibility that their loved ones lost their lives as a result of negligence or foul play of some kind. The counselors from the facility should have been monitoring the children that were swimming and ensured that all the children were fully capable of maintaining their own safety while in the river. Unlike a swimming pool, a river is much deeper and presents a bigger danger for children, especially if they do not know how to swim. Although his death was ruled an accident, the counselors from the facility may be held responsible for the child’s death if they were not monitoring him properly while he was swimming.
