A Federal Judge has approved a $1 million settlement in the wrongful death of a Bay City teenager. The family of Brett Elder filed a wrongful death lawsuit after the 15-year-old died from a police taser. The teenager's father filed the personal injury lawsuit on Brett's behalf in December 2009.
Autopsy reports indicate the teen died of ""alcohol-induced excited delirium" together with "application of an electromuscular disruption device." According to the police, Elder was intoxicated, extremely aggressive towards police officers and required restraint. Settlement proceeds will be distributed among Elder's remaining four family members.
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