CASSELBERRY, Fla. — Casselberry authorities say a police sergeant has been fired for suing a family after she slipped and fell while trying to rescue a 1-year-old boy from drowning. Casselberry Police Chief John Pavlis fired Sergeant Andrea Eichhorn on Tuesday. Eichhorn has dropped her negligence lawsuit. It claimed there was water on the floor at Joey Cosmillo's home when police arrived. Eichhorn claimed she broke her knee and missed two months of work after she slid on the wet floor. The boy suffered brain damage and can no longer walk, talk or swallow. He lives in a nursing home and eats and breathes through tubes. Eichhorn can appeal her firing. Pavlis said the lawsuit brought public ridicule to the agency and damaged its reputation. |
This first came to my attention back in October from The Law Dog, whom I believe to have the definitive rant on this story.
To be fair, reports are that Sgt. Eichhorn actually fractured the knee. Of course, reports also say that she continued to work the scene -- it was only "later that day" that she sought treatment for the injury. The tile-crawling invertebrate hired by Sgt. Eichhorn to represent her in this lawsuit states: "It's a situation where the Cosmillos have caused these problems, brought them on themselves, then tried to play the victim," |
Read his entire essay HERE - and please do try to keep your blood pressure from spraying out of your ears.
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