Mother files wrongful death lawsuit in ’07 death


March 11, 2008 at 8:39p.m.

Mother files wrongful death lawsuit in ’07 death

YOUNGSTOWN — The mother of a man who was allegedly choked to death a year ago by a fellow North Side group home resident has sued the man accused of killing him.

Also named as defendants in the suit are the home’s owners and operators and a host of others she said neglected their responsibilities concerning her son’s care.

Elaine Lawson of Euclid filed the civil lawsuit Monday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court in the March 11, 2007, death of her son, Stephen A. Lawson, 34, a resident of Illinois Manor, 135 Illinois Ave., a group home for mentally ill men.

The suit, filed by Attys. James S. Gentile and Ronald D. Yarwood, demands a jury trial and seeks more than $25,000 in damages. The civil case is assigned to Judge Maureen A. Sweeney.

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