Jim and Carrie Carroll at Carroll and Carroll, P.C. represent the injured people of Pennsylvania and New York in Bradford, Sullivan, Tioga, Susquehanna, and Chemung counties in personal injury, premises liability, slip and fall, automobile accident and workers’ compensation cases Jim and Carrie Carroll at Carroll and Carroll, P.C. represent the injured people of Pennsylvania and New York in Bradford, Sullivan, Tioga, Susquehanna, and Chemung counties in personal injury, premises liability, slip and fall, automobile accident and workers’ compensation cases
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    5/10/2008
    James R. Carroll, Jr., Esquire
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    County liable for woman killed after making several 911 calls

    The family of a woman who was strangled by her boyfriend despite repeated and desperate 911 calls was awarded $2.7 million. Deborah Kirk's family sued Franklin County, claiming that 911 operators should have sent police officers to the scene after her first hang-up call. After Kirk called and then hung up, 911 called back and she said everything was fine. She called back 15 minutes later, but the call went dead after 90 seconds. Plaintiff's counsel argued that violent sounds could be heard in the background, and that should have alerted 911 to dispatch officers. However, it wasn't until a third call five minutes later, when Kirk said she'd been hit, that police were dispatched. Police officers knocked on the door, but there was no answer so they left. She was found dead the next day. The county argued that police were to blame for her death.

    Estate of Kirk v. Franklin County Sheriff's Office
     
    Get a full report on this case at Verdict Search here.

    Labels: government negligence personal injury wrongful death


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