TIMESHA BEAUCHAMP

DETROIT – Michigan authorities have agreed to reinstate the licenses of two Metro Detroit paramedics if they pass a national exam after a young woman declared dead on their watch was discovered to be alive at a funeral home. The condition is part of a settlement with Michael Storms and Scott Rickard of the Southfield Fire Department, according to state health department documents released to The Associated Press. PREVIOUS:The state suspended the paramedic licenses held by Storms and Rickard, who also serve as Southfield firefighters. The state health department recently reached agreements with the men to drop the license suspensions. The AP sought to interview Michigan EMS manager Sabrina Kerr about the agreements with the paramedics but a spokesman declined.

SOUTHFIELD, MI – Two suburban Detroit paramedics who erroneously declared a woman dead can regain their licenses if they pass a national exam; they’ll have several chances to pass. RELATED: Firefighters disciplined after erroneously declaring woman dead file lawsuit against the stateStorms and Rickard went to the home of Timesha Beauchamp, a 20-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, on Aug. 23. The paramedics said they couldn’t revive her, and a doctor consulted by phone declared her dead. RELATED: Michigan woman dies at hospital, months after erroneously being declared deadRELATED: $50M federal lawsuit filed in case of woman declared dead but found aliveDuring a subsequent investigation, the state suspended Storms’ and Rickard’s paramedic licenses, the report said. RELATED: Paramedic misled doctor in declaring alive woman dead, state saysRELATED: Chief describes ‘Lazarus syndrome’ of Michigan woman declared dead, found aliveStorms and Rickard will have multiple chances to pass written and practical paramedic licensing exams to regain their licenses, the AP reports.

DETROIT (AP) — Michigan authorities have agreed to reinstate the licenses of two Southfield paramedics if they pass a national exam after a young woman declared dead on their watch was discovered to be alive at a funeral home. The condition is part of a settlement with Michael Storms and Scott Rickard of the Southfield Fire Department, according to state health department documents released to The Associated Press. The state suspended the paramedic licenses held by Storms and Rickard, who also serve as Southfield firefighters. The state health department recently reached agreements with the men to drop the license suspensions. The AP sought to interview Michigan EMS manager Sabrina Kerr about the agreements with the paramedics but a spokesman declined.

DETROIT – Timesha Beauchamp died at Children’s Hospital today after being wrongly declared dead eight weeks ago and then found alive a short time later inside a Detroit funeral home. The 20-year-old’s family believes that if the paramedics did their job correctly that day she would still be alive. That is when the Southfield paramedics arrived and tried to resuscitate her. The Beauchamp family released a statement that read, "Our whole family is devastated. “The City of Southfield sends its deepest sympathies to the Timesha Beauchamp family on her passing.

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SOUTHFIELD, MI – A woman who was falsely declared dead by EMS paramedics in Southfield has died. Geoffrey Fieger, attorney for the family of Timesha Beauchamp, 20, said she died peacefully at Children’s Hospital in Detroit on Sunday, Oct. 18. Fieger said she died as a result of massive brain damage suffered when Southfield paramedics wrongly declared her dead and failed to provide her much needed oxygen. All the telemetry evidence shows that Timesha was alive when EMS declared her dead,” the nationally known trial attorney said on Oct. 8. RELATED: Chief describes ‘Lazarus syndrome’ of Michigan woman declared dead, found alive“As a result of being declared dead, she was left without oxygen for 4 hours, suffering severe hypoxic brain damage.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – A 20-year-old Southfield woman declared dead, then later found alive at a funeral home, has died from brain damage eight weeks after being found. After several attempts to revive her, Southfield paramedics declared her dead. READ: Family of woman declared dead, later found alive sues city of SouthfieldGeoffrey Fieger, a lawyer for the family, announced the death of Timesha Beauchamp. READ: How Southfield mother found out her daughter, declared dead hours before, was still aliveA $50 million lawsuit was filed against Southfield EMS Paramedics for declaring Beauchamp dead. Watch -- Report from Sept. 24, 2020: Police records: Paramedics performed CPR for 30 minutes on Southfield woman declared dead, later found alive

DETROIT (AP) — A 20-year-old Southfield woman who was declared dead only to be found alive at a funeral home in August has died, the attorney representing her family said Monday. Timesha Beauchamp died Sunday at Children’s Hospital in Detroit, Geoffrey Fieger said in a news release. MORE FROM CBS DETROIT: Newborn Michigan Baby Fighting For His Life In Battle With CancerBeauchamp wasn’t taken to a hospital until an hour later when Cole Funeral Home in Detroit called 911. The state said funeral home staff saw her chest moving when they went to collect her from her Southfield home. MORE FROM CBS DETROIT: New Poll of 2,289 Voters In 4 Battleground States: Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, And WisconsinMORE FROM CBS DETROIT: Michigan: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, And Links© 2020 Associated Press.

Google Maps/Street ViewTimesha Beauchamp was discovered alive when funeral home staff opened her body bag to begin embalming. He did, however, use a monitor that clearly showed Beauchamp had not died, but assured the family that the breathing they were witnessing was nothing more than a side-effect of the medication she was on. The staff immediately called the authorities, at which point Beauchamp was transported to the hospital.“They were about to embalm her, which is most frightening had she not had her eyes open,” Fieger said at the time. “They would have begun draining her blood to be very, very frank about it.”In a statement shared with WXYZ, this is not the first but will be the last time Beauchamp's family has mourned her death.“Our whole family is devastated. This is the second time our beloved Timesha has been pronounced dead – but this time she isn’t coming back,” they said.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – The family of a 20-year-old Southfield woman declared dead, then found alive, is asking for $50 million in a lawsuit against the city of Southfield. Southfield fire paramedics declared her dead -- but she was later found alive at a Detroit Funeral home. The Law Office of Geoffrey Fieger filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Southfield on Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The attorney says that’s why his office filed the multi-million dollar lawsuit against the paramedics involved and the city of Southfield. Under federal law, the agency is probably not going to be as responsible as the individual paramedics,” Fieger said.

SOUTHFIELD, MI – The family of a 20-year-old woman who was declared dead and then found alive at a funeral home is seeking $50 million in a federal lawsuit. The lawsuit filed by nationally renowned trial lawyer Geoffrey Fieger alleges civil rights violations by Southfield Emergency Medical Services paramedics when they falsely declared dead 20-year-old Timesha Beauchamp, according to a release from Fieger’s office. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court of Eastern Michigan and assigned to Judge Arthur J. Tarnow for jury trial. Beauchamp, who has cerebral palsy, was declared dead by a doctor who the crew contacted by phone. After Beauchamp was declared dead, Storms was called back into the home twice because family members saw her breathing, felt a pulse or noticed other signs of life.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – Geoffrey Fieger announced Thursday he was filed a $50 million lawsuit against Southfield EMS Paramedics for declaring 20-year-old Timesha Beauchamp dead. Fieger said the incident left Beauchamp without oxygen for hours and that she was only discovered to still be alive when a funeral home worker opened the body bag to prepare her for embalming. All the telemetry evidence shows that Timesha was alive when EMS declared her dead. As a result of being declared dead, she was left without oxygen for four hours, suffering severe hypoxic brain damage," Fieger said. It is likely that a State complaint will also be filed in the near future.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – New information from police records received through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) showed that Southfield paramedics tried to revive 20-year-old Timesha Beauchamp for 30 minutes but with no luck. Paramedics told the investigating officer they had done CPR on Beauchamp for 30 minutes but that she was deceased. While Southfield police, fire and emergency personnel were all there, family told the officer they believed Beauchamp had a heartbeat. Funeral home staff said they had been advised by emergency personnel that they would continue to see her chest move for another hour. That’s when the funeral home called 911 and Detroit emergency personnel was dispatched.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – Local 4 has obtained the 911 call from the moment workers at a funeral home realized a Southfield girl who had been declared dead was still alive and breathing. READ: 4 first responders placed on leave after Southfield woman declared dead, later found alive“The person’s supposed to be deceased," he said. READ: How Southfield mother found out her daughter, declared dead hours before, was still aliveBeauchamp was officially declared dead by an emergency department physician who received medical information from the Southfield Fire Department at the scene, officials said. What do you mean she’s breathing?’ She said, ‘Ma’am, she’s in the hospital.’”Lattimore hired Attorney Geoffrey Fieger to push for answers. Fieger said Beauchamp’s Godmother, a nurse, alerted medics and police officers that she could see Beauchamp breathing.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – A suburban Detroit paramedic repeatedly failed to recognize that a young woman declared dead was alive and misled a doctor by phone about her condition, according to state authorities who offered more details about the strange case. The incident was bizarre because a funeral home discovered Timesha Beauchamp was alive when she gasped while her body was being prepared on Aug. 23. The latest details are in a state license suspension filed last week against Michael Storms, a Southfield firefighter and paramedic, who was part of a four-member team responding to the home of the 20-year-old woman. The Southfield fire chief said the incident still remains under investigation by the city. The state said Storms changed his report when it was uploaded a second time to an incident database the next day.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – Four medics have been put on leave after a 20-year-old woman was declared dead and then found alive hours later. “She was breathing somewhat normal. So from all indication she was breathing somewhat normal, they told me it was because of the medication,” Beaucamp’s godmother said. The most alarming inaccurate statement is that a Southfield police officer placed Ms. Beauchamp in a body bag. Menifee said Southfield police arrived at about 8:07 a.m., and at 8:09 a.m., they announced that Beauchamp was dead and a physician was notified.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – An attorney representing the family of a Southfield woman who was declared dead and sent to a funeral home where she was found to still be alive said a family member told medics she could still see the woman breathing. “Somebody pronounced my child dead and she’s not even dead,” Lattimore said. What do you mean she’s breathing?’ She said, ‘Ma’am, she’s in the hospital.’”Lattimore hired Attorney Geoffrey Fieger to push for answers. Fieger said Beauchamp’s Godmother, a nurse, alerted medics and police officers that she could see Beauchamp breathing. “She told the paramedics, and the paramedics told her that the movements were involuntary and were the results of the medication,” Fieger said.

Attorney: Family member told medics Southfield woman they pronounced dead was breathingPublished: August 25, 2020, 5:17 pmAn attorney representing the family of a Southfield woman who was declared dead and sent to a funeral home where she was found to still be alive said a family member told medics she could still see the woman breathing.