Mother of baby who choked to death on cockroach files suit. (Shawntello Young is suing the Atlanta Housing Authority for the rundown conditions of the project in which her child died)(Brief Article)

Jet | June 2, 1997 | Copyright

An Atlanta woman whose 8-month-old daughter choked to death on a cockroach last year in the public housing apartment where they lived has filed a lawsuit against the Atlanta Housing Authority seeking $2.5 million.

The mother, Shawntello Young, says in the suit that she and her daughter, Tameka, lived in a rundown apartment at Perry Homes in northwest Atlanta, and the housing authority, despite complaints, failed to keep the apartments safe ...

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