A man from Portland has filed a lawsuit against Portland police after losing all but two fingers and receiving burns to 30% of his body. Michael Relloque IV had consumed both mushrooms and marijuana and in his intoxicated state had fallen into the fire, he claims that police officers should have done more to save him.
Relloque took his case to court this month. He was asking for $17.5 million from the city and three police officers for damages. According to an article from the Daily Mail he sought $6 million for economic damages and to cover his medical expenses as well as $12 million for the pain and suffering he had endured.
