Lawsuit filed after man dies on Valley sidewalk after hospital discharge

An Arizona family is demanding answers after a 27-year-old man died on a Phoenix sidewalk hours after being discharged from a hospital in Glendale.

The parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Abrazo Health Arrowhead, alleging the hospital put their son in an Uber and had him dropped off outside a local homeless shelter in Phoenix.

Seth Lachica described what happened to his son Kaelen as “unbelievable” and “a flagrant disregard for his well-being.”

Kaelen had suffered from anorexia for nearly a decade β€” his father said he got it when he was 17, β€œit’s a very misunderstood, sad disease.”…

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