Massachusetts Family Sues Following Boy’s Escalator Death

The family of a 4-year-old Massachusetts boy who died after falling from a mall escalator has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Mark DiBona of Dudley died March 12 after falling from a second-floor escalator in a Sears store at the Auburn Mall. Authorities have said he fell after slipping through a gap between the escalator and a barrier. The suit filed Wednesday in Worcester Superior Court names Sears, mall owner Simon Property Group Inc., the escalator’s manufacturer and a construction company as defendants.