ECBAWM Settles Disability Wrongful Death Case for $2.25 Million
- January 26, 2018
As reported in the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle and elsewhere, ECBAWM has settled the case of Eddie Velasquez, a disabled man who died in a New York State group home. Eddie choked to death on a piece of turkey left unsecured and uncut in a kitchen refrigerator. An internal investigation revealed lapses in training and staffing and a series of failures by New York State employees that led to Eddie’s death. ECBAWM attorney Ilann Maazel represented the Velasquez family in the case.