PONTIAC - The family of a teenager who died of exposure last year after fleeing a party he thought was being raided has filed a lawsuit against two former sheriff's deputies, Livingston County and eight parents involved in the party.

The lawsuit, which is expected to go before a judge for a hearing this month, seeks more than $440,000 cumulatively from the defendants.

"The next of kin of Travis Steidinger have suffered great losses of a personal and pecuniary nature, including the loss of companionship and society," court documents said.

Steidinger, 16, of Fairbury, was a guest at a teenage drinking party Feb. 17, 2007, at 9829 North 2700 East Road in rural Forrest, police have said. He and others fled into a nearby field after someone at the house yelled, "Cops!" Everyone returned to the party a short time later, except Steidinger, according to police.

A passer-by found him dead around 10:35 a.m. the next morning in a field one mile west of Forrest and 20 feet from County Road 825 North, police said.

It appeared Steidinger walked three miles in the snow and below-zero weather while only wearing a polo shirt, T-shirt, jeans, underwear and socks.

A coroner's jury later ruled the death, which was blamed on hypothermia, to be accidental.

Toxicology tests revealed his blood alcohol level to be 0.031. That is less than half of 0.08, the legal limit for adult drivers, according to coroner's reports.

Travis' father, Rick Steidinger, filed the suit in February.

Defendants include former Livingston County Sheriff's Deputies Nicholas Daugherity and John Zimmerman and the county itself. Daugherity drove by the house, triggering the reaction in the party. He knew something illegal was going on but did nothing about it, the lawsuit said.

John Zimmerman, who was off-duty at the time, reportedly went to the house while the party was under way and did not "engage in a manner to execute the law," the lawsuit said.

Also named is Anne Haugen, who is accused of giving her daughter a keg of beer for the party. Haugen, 50, is charged in criminal court with unlawfully contributing to the criminal delinquency of a juvenile, a Class 4 felony, and unlawful sale of alcoholic beverages, a Class A misdemeanor.

Others named in the civil lawsuit are Phillip Short, Micah Reis, Casey Fields, Bradley and Sandra Crane and Calvin and Ann Zimmerman. All are adults accused in the lawsuit of supplying alcohol for the party.

The party was at Calvin and Ann Zimmerman's house.

The lawsuit seeks more than $50,000 from each defendant except Calvin and Ann Zimmerman, who are being sued for $20,000 each.

The Livingston County Sheriff's Department declined to comment, saying it does not comment on pending litigation.

Donald Dahle, a lawyer representing Rick Steidinger, would not comment.

Rick Steidinger and a representative from the law offices of Schirott & Luetkehans, a law firm representing Zimmerman and Daugherity, could not be reached for comment.