Family of boy who died sues hyperbaric manufacturer, others for $100M

Thomas Cooper, 5, of Royal Oak died at the Oxford Center in Troy on Jan. 31, 2025, in a fire inside a hyperbaric oxygen chamber.

Attorney General Dana Nessel, the owner of the Oxford Center, and three other workers were criminally charged in his death.

Now, Fieger Law is suing on behalf of Thomas Cooper's family in Oakland County Circuit Court, seeking $100 million in damages. Sechrist Industries, the manufacturer, is among the defendants.

Describing hyperbaric oxygen chambers as "death chambers," the attorney for the family of a 5-year-old boy who died in one sued a California-based manufacturer, as well as several others, on Monday, Sept. 22 in Oakland County Circuit Court.

James Harrington, managing partner at Fieger Law , said he's putting the hyperbaric oxygen industry on n