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'Dayong Yang'

Award after eight years in deaths following failure by Little Rock 911 dispatcher

A family devastated by deaths caused by a 911 dispatcher's mistake will get $100,000 eight years later.
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Dayong Yang with his son Le Yang

Supreme Court affirms ruling against father in Little Rock failed rescue case

The Arkansas Supreme Court agreed today with Circuit Judge Tim Fox that the city of Little Rock was immune from lawsuit in the wrongful death case brought by the estate of Le Yang. The seven-year-old died in 2015 after a near drowning in an auto accident.
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Morning notes: Little Rock in court, state in court, conservatives in Washington

Some morning odds and ends: * LITTLE ROCK IN COURT I: Here's a copy of the city of Little Rock's response to the lawsuit over the bungling of a 911 call that led to the death of a woman trapped in frigid water after her SUV slid off an icy road.

The Provocative Lawsuits Edition

Sen. Mark Pryor's embrace of Obamacare, Rep. Tom Cotton on the weaker sex, lessons learned (or not) on government shutdown, lieutenant governor candidates, a string of provocative lawsuits and the Little Rock City Board’s unsurprising decision to punt on sewer impact fees — all covered on the podcast this week.
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Lawsuit filed over child's injury from 911 failures in icy pond accident

Dayong Yang has sued the city of Little Rock and various police and fire employees over handling of the accident in which his wife, Jinglei Yi, died and his son Le Yang, 5, was left permanently injured after his wife's car slid into an icy pond in west Little Rock.

Update on family in botched 911 call case

The Arkansas Blog reported yesterday on the resignation of the suspended 911 dispatch operator for the Little Rock police department who notified MEMS, the ambulance service, but apparently failed to notify police and fire agencies after a Little Rock nurses's SUV slid off an icy road and into a cold pond in western Little Rock in January.
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