Judge Allows Key Claims in Ellen Greenberg Civil Suit to Proceed

Parents of Ellen Greenberg, who died in 2011 from 20 stab wounds, continue their legal battle alleging a cover-up and mishandled investigation by Philadelphia officials.

• A Philadelphia judge dismissed one defendant but allowed claims against four others in a civil lawsuit filed by Ellen Greenberg's parents to move forward.
• Ellen Greenberg was found dead in 2011 with 20 stab wounds, initially ruled a homicide before being reclassified as a suicide by authorities.
• The lawsuit alleges that police and medical examiners botched the investigation and conspired to cover up errors by changing the manner of death to suicide.
• The judge acknowledged significant questions about the investigation's handling and noted the puzzling classification of Greenberg's death as a suicide.
• The Greenbergs are also pursuing a separate legal effort to amend their daughter's death certificate from suicide to homicide or undetermined.

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