News about James Casey

Following Hamas' terrorist assault in Israel last week and the country's shock and awe campaign of revenge, around the world, supporters of Israel and Palestine came out in force. Over Amsterdam in the Netherlands,a plane flew overhead towing a banner that read: 'Love humus (sic), not Hamas!' (top left) Protests have occurred in every corner of the world, from Los Angeles and New York (right), to Middle East and Africa (Johannesburg, bottom left).

A Melbourne property tycoon has sued a tech entrepreneur and his elderly parents (left) for $660 million after borrowing $70,000 from his late son (left). Mark Casey, part-owner of the 2022 Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip (inset) and a key Essendon Football Club member, has filed legal papers on behalf of his son James, who appeared in Victoria's Supreme Court. James, a type-I diabetic, died in August last year when he went out with friends in New York without insulin and slipped into a coma.

James Casey, 26, (left with his sister) was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, but he was reportedly discharged without his insulin or epipen, which was reportedly contributing to his sudden death in New York (inset). Mr Casey was struck by acute diabetic ketoacidosis, in which the body breaks down fat as fuel and chokes the blood supply with acidic byproducts. Mark, the devastation father, said his son's death should serve as an alert to all diabetics to take their medications and not to have their families suffer as he has.