Los Angeles school district sued in student's overdose death
The mother of a 15-year-old girl who died of a suspected fentanyl overdose in a high school restroom has filed a negligence and wrongful-death lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District
By AP News
Published - Dec 14, 2022, 05:41 PM ET
Last Updated - Jun 23, 2023, 06:02 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mother of a 15-year-old girl who died of a suspected fentanyl overdose in a high school restroom has filed a negligence and wrongful-death lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Elena Perez seeks damages, including “for the loss of love of her daughter,” but the lawsuit does not specify a dollar amount.
The lawsuit, announced Wednesday by Perez's lawyers outside the district's headquarters, was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday.
Perez's daughter, Melanie Ramos, was found dead on Sept. 13 at Helen Bernstein High School by a man who was looking for his missing stepdaughter, a classmate of Ramos.
