family brings wrongful death suit against cnn's nancy grace

Last week in Florida, a federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit that claims CNN's Nancy Grace pushed the mother of a missing toddler to suicide through aggressive questioning: Lawsuit against Nancy Grace, CNN moves ahead.

The wrongful death lawsuit was brought by the family of Melinda Duckett, who was on Grace's show after her son Trenton went missing from her apartment in August 2006. Grace grilled Duckett, accusing her of hiding something because she didn't take a lie detector test and answered vaguely regarding her whereabouts.

Shortly after, Duckett killed herself before CNN aired the pre-taped interview.

The family claims Grace's intense questioning caused severe emotional distress that led to the suicide. The lawsuit also claims that the decision to air the interview after her suicide caused the family to suffer severe emotional distress and media and public harassment. They're seeking a jury trial, unspecified damages more than $15,000 and punitive damages.