DETROIT (AP) — A lawyer said he plans a lawsuit over the death of a woman whose young son called 911 to report she had collapsed, only to be told he shouldn't be playing on the phone.
Geoffrey Fieger, best known for defending assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, appeared Sunday on NBC's "Today" with the boy, Robert Turner, who turned 6 last month.
Fieger said Sherrill Turner, who had an enlarged heart, would have survived Feb. 20 if help had been sent immediately.
On the show, the boy recounted his talk with the 911 operator.
"She thought I was playing on the phone," Robert said.
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By the time authorities arrived, Sherrill Turner, 46, was dead.