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Corey Foster's mom files wrongful-death suit vs. school, 4 workers

Originally published: December 5, 2012 1:18 PM
Updated: December 5, 2012 4:11 PM
By MEGHAN E. MURPHY  meghan.murphy@cablevision.com

Foster died in April after he was held

Foster died in April after he was held down in the gym following a basketball game. (December 5, 2012 1:10 PM)

Sheila Foster, the mother of a teenager who died at a Yonkers residential treatment center, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the facility and four employees, seeking damages in her son's death.

Corey Foster, 16, died April 18 at Leake & Watts Correctional Facility after an incident on the basketball courts in which employees used a therapeutic hold to subdue the student. Investigations by...

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