Randy Cox, a man left paralyzed after being handcuffed in the back of a police van without a seatbelt, has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the officers involved, reported The New Haven Independent. The office of civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump said Cox has been readmitted to the hospital due to complications from his injuries.

Reports say while Cox was in the back of the police vehicle, the car suddenly stopped causing him to fly headfirst toward the front of the van’s holding area. Per the video footage, the officers did not wait for a medical crew to move him but instead dragged him across the floor into his holding cell. Cox sustained spinal injuries, permanent paralysis from the neck down and a chronic respiratory condition, according to the suit.

In the press conference, Crump estimated the cost of care for Cox would be roughly $20 million. However, the significant toll the incident has taken on Cox not only physically, but mentally influenced the price to go up.

Read more about the suit from The New Haven Independent:

Tuesday’s lawsuit comes more than three months after police arrested the 36-year-old New Havener on weapons charges without incident at a Lilac Street block party. It also comes 12 days after nationally prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump joined Cox’s family members, friends, NAACP leaders, and fellow attorneys to put the city on notice that a lawsuit would be coming soon.

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