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The 20-year-old, who had cerebral palsy, was eventually rushed to a hospital and died two months later.
“We recognise that no resolution can undo the profound tragedy that occurred on August 23, 2020, or ease the pain experienced by Ms Beauchamp’s family,” Southfield said in a statement.
“This case involved extraordinarily difficult circumstances that arose in the complex world of a global pandemic.”
Beauchamp was struggling to breathe when her family called 911.
Later that day, a funeral home opened the body bag and found Beauchamp gasping for air.
She was swiftly taken to a hospital but never recovered.
“She was put in a situation she never should have been in,” Steven Hurbis, an attorney for Beauchamp’s family, said on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST).
He added that medical professionals said Beauchamp would have survived if she was taken immediately to a hospital from her home.
The City of Southfield fought the lawsuit and persuaded a judge to dismiss it based on governmental immunity.
The Southfield fire chief had said Beauchamp’s situation might have been a case of “Lazarus syndrome,” a reference to people who come back to life without assistance after attempts to resuscitate have failed.
