CNN: Family suing city of Phoenix over woman's death

by Jeffrey White Mar 27th 2008 @ 8:00AM

CNN is reporting that the family of a woman who died at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix is now suing the city of Phoenix for some $8 million for wrongful death.

Carol Gotbaum, 45, died in police custody last year after being detained in a fit of rage when she missed her connecting flight

She tried to escape from her handcuffs while in a holding cell and accidentally strangled herself, the network says. The family says police used unnecessary force in detaining her and did not follow its own procedures in handling people clearly disturbed.

Gotbaum was traveling to Phoenix from New York to enter a alcohol rehabilitation center. Police and Phoenix officials call the family's lawsuit baseless.

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Apr 8th 2008 @ 11:02AM

Sven Dillard said...

Last time I checked...you can't strangle yourself if you sit still on a bench.

Way to go family of Carol "time bomb" Gotbaum. Let's sue the airport for our horribly bad decision of letting Carol go on a cross country trip with no escort. The husband must have been to busy too help his wife seek treatment other than hand her a ticket and drop her off at the airport. If she was living on the edge of sanity and needed to go too rehab why send her alone? You pathetic loser!!!

Now...you are trying to sue the airport! 8 Million is really low so I presume your legal team said, "There is no way in hell you will win this". Let's shoot for something on the low side and just maybe, maybe we will get a settlement offer of around 4 million to dismiss this. I hope this effort will scar your family name for years to come...you heartless bastard! Your wife is in a grave because of you...not anyone else. IF YOU WOULD HAVE WENT WITH HER SHE WOULD HAVE MADE IT TO REHAB AND MAYBE SHE WOULD BE SOBER AND HOME WITH YOU RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!

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