Government
Feb. 8, 2019
Deputy city attorney fights city hall over typhus
The attorney believes she contracted typhus in November from a rat and flea problem she says the city has not adequately addressed.
A deputy Los Angeles city attorney who believes she contracted typhus from a rat and flea infestation plaguing City Hall said Thursday the city is guilty of "institutional inaction."
Elizabeth Greenwood, an employee of the city for over 20 years, said she broke out with a debilitating 102-degree fever, chills and extreme vertigo last November shortly before authorities sent a city-wide email about typhus, the disease that spreads whe...
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