TAMPA, Fla. — Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday against a Tampa mental health facility after a patient died from physical restraint during a crisis earlier this year.
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the estate of Edward McCloud in the Circuit Court of Hillsborough County, accuses Ibis Healthcare, Inc., of negligence, reckless conduct, and violating state mental health laws. McCloud, a father of two, died on March 19, 2026, at the facility on East Henry Avenue.
According to the complaint, McCloud had been admitted to the crisis stabilization unit on March 8 under Florida’s Baker Act for treatment of schizoaffective disorder. On the evening of March 19, McCloud learned his parents had arrived to visit him. He became agitated, shouted that he wanted to see his mother, and threw a plastic laundry hamper…