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Hanford, CA: (Mar-05-08) The family of Christian Rodriguez brought a lawsuit against several agencies of Kings County, CA, including the Probation Department, the boot camp and Sheriff's Department in 2005, after the then 17 year old Avenal boy tried to kill himself while at a juvenile boot camp. Rodriguez was sent to boot camp after taking the family car and getting involved in a hit-and-run accident in August 2003. His parents revealed in May 2005 that his mental stability began to decline after the incident.
The suit accused the defendants of negligence when Rodriguez was found hanging from the Kings County Juvenile Boot Camp restroom, with his belt around his neck. Following the incident, he spent three months in the hospital, and has permanent brain damage and remains in a wheelchair. Now 20, he has little to no use of his hands, arms and legs. The lawsuit also claimed the county failed to provide medical and psychiatric care to Rodriguez, and failed to properly train juvenile hall and boot camp employees.
As part of a settlement reached, sources revealed that the Kings County Board of Supervisors approved a $4 million payout to resolve the lawsuit. Legal counsel in the case stated that about $2.3 million of the settlement will be put in a trust fund to cover Rodriguez's current and future needs. [FRESNO BEE: JUVENILE INMATE DISABLED FROM HANGING]
Published on Mar-6-08
The suit accused the defendants of negligence when Rodriguez was found hanging from the Kings County Juvenile Boot Camp restroom, with his belt around his neck. Following the incident, he spent three months in the hospital, and has permanent brain damage and remains in a wheelchair. Now 20, he has little to no use of his hands, arms and legs. The lawsuit also claimed the county failed to provide medical and psychiatric care to Rodriguez, and failed to properly train juvenile hall and boot camp employees.
As part of a settlement reached, sources revealed that the Kings County Board of Supervisors approved a $4 million payout to resolve the lawsuit. Legal counsel in the case stated that about $2.3 million of the settlement will be put in a trust fund to cover Rodriguez's current and future needs. [
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