Family boy killed by falling classroom video board plans lawsuit

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Oct 14, 2026
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AI GeneratedThe family of Bellamy Dawkins-Morris, a five-year-old kindergartner killed after a 120-pound video board fell on him in his Palm Bay classroom, has retained legal counsel. The family and their lawyers are seeking accountability and systemic safety changes to prevent similar tragedies from occurring in other schools.
Brevard County, the family of the little boy killed
in that tragic accident inside his own
school classroom, has now lawyered up.
We told you last week that the boy died after a video
board fell on top of him. Esther Bauer joins us live now with this.
Esther, a number of lawsuits
are coming. Dr. Bauer's lawyer says anyone involved
in what they're calling a preventable
tragedy will likely be facing a lawsuit going forward.
Their goal is to make sure this never
happened to another family again.
New photos shared with Fox 35 of Bellamy Dawkins-Morris,
a kindergartner on the spectrum
who was killed inside this school in Palm Bay.
How did this happen?
How did this heavy commercial equipment that is installed in classrooms
fall and kill an innocent child?
A 120-pound video board fell on the five-year-old boy,
and he never recovered at the hospital.
Angry that this could happen to a five-year-old
that is going to school to learn.
Megan Bridwell of the Haggard Law Firm
is now representing Bellamy's family
and the firm is launching its own investigation.
to understand every safety failure that occurred?
Both Palm Bay Police and Brevard Public Schools
tell us they are also investigating how this happened.
BPS says all new video board installations are on pause
they've launched an emergency safety inspection
at every single school in the district.
The hope that this never happens to any other child in America
or the world for that matter.
That's the goal for this lawyer and Bellamy's family says they will not
stop sharing his story until justice is served.
Whether it's the district,
whether it's the manufacturer of the smart board,
whether it's the person who put it in,
whether it's the person who comes and checks on it and monitors it,
accountability has to happen it's not a slap
on the wrist we lost our baby and he's never coming
back to us and Bellamy's family tells me they
are still planning his funeral and several of them are
still traveling here to Florida coming up later tonight
at six see how a local small business is
stepping in to keep other students safe
that are still around these doors reporting live in
Brevard County, Esther Bauer, Fox 35 News.
