Cochran Firm to Hold Press Briefing About DC Firefighter's Refusal to Treat Dying Man Near Station

MEDIA ALERT

Family of Medric Cecil Mills, Jr. and Attorney to Hold Press Conference Regarding D.C. Firefighter’s Refusal to Treat the Senior Citizen During An Emergency Near Station House

WHAT: The family of Medric Cecil Mills, Jr. and their attorney, Karen E. Evans of The Cochran Firm, D.C., will hold a press conference to bring attention to what they view as the unconscionable treatment of the 77-year-old Washington, D.C. resident and longtime employee of the Department of Parks and Recreation. Witnesses say Mills collapsed on January 25, 2014, across the street from Engine Company 26 fire station at 1340 Rhode Island Avenue in Northeast Washington, D.C. while firefighters allegedly watched from across the street and refused to respond to multiple pleas for help. Mills suffered a heart attack and died at the MedStar Washington Hospital Center later that afternoon. The Mills family has retained The Cochran Firm to represent them.

WHO:
- Karen E. Evans of The Cochran Firm’s Washington, D.C. office
- Family of the Medric Cecil Mills, Jr.

WHEN:
- Thursday, February 6, 2014
- 11:00 a.m. EST

WHERE:
- Brentwood Village Shopping Center parking lot (1301-1333 Rhode Island Avenue NE, Washington, D.C. 20018)

CONTACT:
William Atkinson, Media Relations,
The Cochran Firm, D.C.
202-682-5800
Watkinson@CochranFirm.com