{"id":22296,"date":"2022-05-08T16:41:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T20:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=22296"},"modified":"2022-05-08T16:41:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T20:41:59","slug":"lakeland-girls-academys-operators-are-being-sued-for-negligence-and-seeks-more-than-30000-in-damages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/05\/08\/lakeland-girls-academys-operators-are-being-sued-for-negligence-and-seeks-more-than-30000-in-damages\/","title":{"rendered":"LAKELAND GIRLS ACADEMY\u2019S operators\u00a0are being sued for negligence and seeks more than $30,000 in damages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"414\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GIRLS_ACDEMY.webp?resize=660%2C414&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22297\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LAKELAND GIRLS ACADEMY\u2019s operators&nbsp;have been sued&nbsp;by the parents of Naomi Wood, a 17-year-old student who died at the academy. The lawsuit alleges negligence and seeks more than $30,000 in damages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The parents of a girl who died in 2020 while a student at a Lakeland \u201crestoration home\u201d have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the facility\u2019s former directors and Teen Challenge of Florida, which operated it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawyers for Albert and Deborah Wood, the parents of Naomi Wood, filed the lawsuit last week with the 10th Judicial Circuit Court in Bartow. The Woods requested a jury trial and are seeking damages of more than $30,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"960\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/naomi.webp?resize=686%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22298\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naomi Wood, 17, died on May 19, 2020, after months of complaining about persistent abdominal pains while a resident at Lakeland Girls Academy, according to a report from the Florida Department of Children and Families. A medical examiner ruled that Wood died of a seizure disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theledger.com\/story\/news\/local\/2022\/05\/06\/florida-parents-former-lakeland-girls-academy-student-seek-damages-lawsuit-alleges-negligence\/9642488002\/\">Ledger<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAKELAND GIRLS ACADEMY\u2019s operators&nbsp;have been sued&nbsp;by the parents of Naomi Wood, a 17-year-old student who died at the academy. 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