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Jail Term for DUI Turns into Death Sentence
Loaded on March 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2001, page 12
On July 11, 2000, Rodney "Rocky" Eickstadt began serving a 175day jail term at the Franklin County (Ohio) Jail for drunken driving. Ten weeks later he was dead _ from complications related to untreated diabetes.
Filed under:
CMS,
Prison Health Services,
EMSA,
Medical,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Diabetes,
Contractor Liability,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
Ohio.
Eickstadt didn't know he was diabetic when he started his jail sentence. But by August ...
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