A federal appeals court has revived legal action in the Kendrick Johnson case, allowing his parents to sue individual officials for his 2013 gym mat death.

An appeals court has ruled that the dismissal of a lawsuit over the death investigation of a Georgia teen should be reconsidered. Kendrick Johnson was found dead by students in an upright ...

A federal appeals court ruled that the dismissal of the lawsuit filed by the parents of a 17-year-old who was found dead in a high school gym mat should be reconsidered.

Law enforcement ruled — twice — that Kendrick Johnson's death was "a tragic accident," but the family claims their civil rights were violated.

In 2013, sophomore Kendrick Johnson was found dead at Lowndes County High School in Valdosta. They found him suffocated inside a gym mat. Law enforcement ruled his death a "tragic accident ...