<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A town in the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="_blank" title="US"><span>US</span></a><span> has agreed to a $US3.25 million ($4.82 million) settlement with the family of a young woman who was declared dead at home but then gasped for air and opened her eyes when her body bag was unzipped at a funeral home.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Paramedics were accused of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/detroit-woman-comes-back-to-life-after-being-pronounced-dead-by-paramedic/25fd723e-adac-4e99-9f94-67fbec025c3c" rel="" target="_blank" title="gross negligence in how they responded to Timesha Beauchamp"><span>gross negligence in how they responded to Timesha Beauchamp</span></a><span> after a 911 call in the Detroit suburb of Southfield in 2020.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 20-year-old, who had cerebral palsy, was eventually rushed to a hospital and died two months later.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/white-house-discussing-range-of-options-including-military-for-controlling-greenland/38fc902f-613c-4986-9827-0cbbcf046a83"><strong><span>'Appalling': Trump's own party members decry his Greenland move</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/greenland-usa-donald-trump/2e9bb3bf-7892-4ab8-85ef-5580989224fb"><strong><span>The truth behind Trump's demand for Greenland</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“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.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“This case involved extraordinarily difficult circumstances that arose in the complex world of a global pandemic.”</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/detroit-suburb-agrees-to-a--4-point-8-million-settlement-in-the-case-of-woman-found-alive-in-a-body-bag/f01d2a11-2508-4a52-a521-fff97d7fb4ab" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Beauchamp was struggling to breathe when her family called 911. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/medical" rel="" target="" title="medical crew"><span>medical crew</span></a><span> tried to resuscitate her and also consulted a doctor, who declared her dead over the phone without going to the home.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Later that day, a funeral home opened the body bag and found Beauchamp gasping for air.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was swiftly taken to a hospital but never recovered.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/uk-france-troops-ukraine-keir-starmer/71637d79-7cd8-4242-9d81-83c5fb2457e3"><strong><span>UK, France considers sending troops to Ukraine</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“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).</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He added that medical professionals said Beauchamp would have survived if she was taken immediately to a hospital from her home.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The City of Southfield fought the lawsuit and persuaded a judge to dismiss it based on governmental immunity.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/michigan" rel="" target="" title="Michigan Court of Appeals"><span>Michigan Court of Appeals</span></a><span>, however, overturned that decision in 2024.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>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.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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