July 28, 2006
NBA NEWS BRIEF National Bar Association, 1225 11th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 Contact: Marthea Davis 202-842-3900 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BEN CRUMP SUES FLORIDA STATE AGENCIES FOR $40 MILLION AFTER DEATH OF TEEN Washington, DC (July 28, 2006) …... NBA lifetime member and past board of governors member Benjamin L. Crump is seeking more than $40 million in damages from the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Bay County Sheriff's Office on behalf of the family of Martin Lee Anderson, who died just hours after being manhandled by guards at a juvenile boot camp. "A video proves that as seven guards punished Martin by kicking, punching, kneeing, choking and slamming him while they jammed ammonia tablets up his nose and covered his mouth, a nurse watched him slip in and out of consciousness," Crump said at a news conference. "These heinous, malicious and torturous treatments led to his death." (The Associated Press) Crump is the co-founding partner of Parks & Crump, P.C., a personal injury law firm in Tallahassee, Florida. He is a graduate of Florida State University and Florida State University School of Law; and holds memberships in the Virgil Hawkins Florida Chapter National Bar Association, Tallahassee Barrister's Association, American Bar Association, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, NBA Civil Trial Lawyers Division, NBA Small Firms and Solo Practitioners Division, and Board of Directors for North Florida Legal Services. The full story and pictures are featured in the July 31, 2006 issue of Jet Magazine, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and several other media publications. The National Bar Association is the oldest and largest organization of attorneys and judges of color in the world. The NBA was founded in 1925, and today represents over 20,000 lawyers, judges, legal scholars and law students internationally.
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