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Wrongful Death Suit Against LA County Jail Settles For $750,000
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2008
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2008, page 30
The surviving family of an untreated and mistreated mentally unstable diabetic prisoner who died at the Los Angeles, California (LA) County Jail settled their wrongful death lawsuit against the county and LA Sheriff?s officials for $750,000 in May 2007.
Filed under:
Diabetes,
Failure to Treat,
Prison/Jail Murders,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Wrongful Death,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
Suicides.
Location:
California.
Ramon Gavira was arrested on July 6, 2002 for driving under ...
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