Family of Georgia woman who died after falling out of patrol car files $100 million civil lawsuit
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The family of Brianna Grier, a Georgia mother who died after falling out of a sheriff's patrol car last summer, has filed a $100 million federal civil rights lawsuit against the Hancock County Sheriff's Office, it was announced Wednesday.
The wrongful death lawsuit, which was obtained by CBS News, names Hancock County Sheriff Tomlyn Primus, his brother, Lt. Marlin Primus, and Deputy Timothy Legette as defendants.
It alleges that deputies "unlawfully and willfully seized and restrained" Grier, "falsely arrested" her, and "picked her up and dropped her multiple times, ignored her cries for help and deprived her of medical assistance, caused injury to her head and brain and ultimately caused her death, misrepresented the true facts, and defamed her."
