Transvestite Death Case Opens in DC .c The Associated Press By DERRILL HOLLY WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jury selection began Monday in a lawsuit based on allegations of bigotry, negligence and dereliction of duty in the death of a transvestite at a municipal hospital in the nation's capital. "It's long overdue," said Margie Hunter, who in February 1996 filed a $10 million lawsuit alleging that emergency medical technicians failed to do their jobs and a doctor at D.C. General Hospital contributed to the death of her transvestite son. Tyrone "Tyra" Hunter, 24, a hairstylist who dressed in women's clothes, was a passenger in a car being driven by an acquaintance when the vehicle was struck by another car in Washington on Aug. 7, 1995. Margie Hunter contends that emergency medical technicians laughed at her son and refused to treat him. Her lawsuit also claims Dr. Joseph Bastien, the physician at D.C. General who oversaw her son's care, was not properly certified. The suit contends that Bastien failed to get Hunter into surgery to stop internal bleeding, and he died without receiving a blood transfusion. Among the witnesses expected to testify are several residents who pulled Tyrone Hunter from the car and allegedly overheard comments made by one of the emergency medical technicians when it was discovered that Hunter was a male. Those paramedics allegedly stopped treating Hunter for at least five minutes after the discovery. AP-NY-11-09-98 1740EST
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