In Detroit, a six year old boy called 911 after his mother collapsed only to get told by the 911 dispatcher that he should not be playing on the phone.
The family is planning to bring a Wrongful Death lawsuit on behalf of Sherrill Turner, in which lawyer Geoffrey Fieger contends that she would have survived if help had been sent immediately.
After Sherrill Turner collapsed, her son Robert placed two calls to 911. The first call was made by Robert at 6 p.m. Robert told the 911 dispatcher that his mother had passed out, but an operator asked to speak with an adult.
When Robert called back about three hours later, an operator told him: "You shouldn't be playing on the phone."
"She thought I was playing on the phone," Robert said, but by the time authorities arrived, Sherrill Turner, 46, was dead."This indicates an endemic problem," Fieger said. "There's a discounting of children. Robert did exactly what he was taught to do."
Detroit police are investigating the 911 response. A spokesman did not immediately return a call Sunday.
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