Student Dies While Restrained; Family Sues School
KALAMAZOO, Jan. 5, 2003 -- Last week, the family of Michael Renner-Lewis III filed a $25 million "wrongful death" lawsuit against officials and employees of the school where he died this summer.
According to local media reports, the suit is against the Parchment School District, Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency and several employees, including the principal. Family lawyers allege that the 15-year-old, who had autism, died because he could not breathe while staff members had him pinned to the ground on his stomach.