Overview
- The City of Southfield agreed to a $3.25 million settlement with the family of Timesha Beauchamp, attorneys confirmed.
- Beauchamp, 20, was pronounced dead at home in August 2020 and was found breathing at a funeral home hours later before dying two months afterward.
- City officials called the situation extraordinarily difficult during the pandemic and said the resolution through settlement was appropriate.
- The family initially sought $50 million, and the case proceeded after a 2024 appeals court decision reversed a governmental-immunity dismissal.
- A county medical examiner’s spokesperson said the 2020 declaration relied on real-time medical data reported by EMS and responding authorities.