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Estate of Claude Green v. Robert Bowman - Case Profile
02/27/2006

In an undated family photo, Claude Green holds his son Christopher, who is now 19.

Claude Green died of a heart attack in Welch, West Virginia in 2005 after the Police Chief physically prevented a friend of Green's from performing CPR on him. Police Chief Robert Bowman blocked the CPR because Green was gay, and Bowman assumed Green was also HIV positive. The ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of Green's surviving family members against the City of Welch and the Chief of Police for discrimination and preventing life-saving medical treatment.

Status: On December 22, 2006, the district court denied the defendants' motion to dismiss the case.

News
> ACLU Sues West Virginia Police Chief Who Blocked Life-Saving Measures for Gay Heart Attack Victim Assumed to Be HIV Positive (3/2/2006)

Legal Documents
> Estate of Claude Green v. Robert Bowman - Ruling on Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (12/22/2006)
> Estate of Claude Green v. Robert Bowman - Complaint (3/2/2006)

Additional Resources
> Estate of Claude Green v. Robert Bowman - Case Background (3/2/2006)

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