Agency sued for murder by staff.WINNIPEG -- he Aboriginal Centre of Winnipeg is facing a lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort. filed by the family of an 11-year-old boy strangled stran·gle v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles v.tr. 1. a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle. b. in the basement of the building. Thomas Santiago McEvoy--who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder--is also named in the statement of claim. The boy's family claims the centre failed "to take adequate steps, or any steps, when it was known or ought to have been known McEvoy was being targeted, taunted and humiliated hu·mil·i·ate tr.v. hu·mil·i·at·ed, hu·mil·i·at·ing, hu·mil·i·ates To lower the pride, dignity, or self-respect of. See Synonyms at degrade. by peers." The suit also alleges the facility was negligent negligent adj., adv. careless in not fulfilling responsibility. (See: negligence) in allowing McEvoy to work at the centre and attend a power engineering class even though he had a prior Criminal record for assault. |
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