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$2.6 Million Paid for Detoxing Washington Jail Detainee Allowed to Leap to His Death, Additional NaphCare Payout Undisclosed by Chuck Sharman A young dad detoxing from fentanyl when he was booked into a Washington jail began exhibiting increasingly bizarre behavior, yet he was ignored until he climbed atop a metal …
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
$15 Million Settlement Reached in San Diego Jail Detainee’s Untreated Withdrawal Death by Chuck Sharman On September 13, 2024, nearly five years after a detainee died of untreated heroin withdrawal symptoms at San Diego County’s Las Colinas Detention Facility, a $15 million settlement agreement resolving a lawsuit brought by her …
$1.875 Million Partial Settlement for Colorado Detainee’s Death from Untreated Alcohol Withdrawal; Claims Against Wellpath Pending Bankruptcy by Chuck Sharman On November 19, 2024, the Board of County Commissioners of Colorado’s El Paso County approved an agreement with the Estate of Daniel James Murray, a detainee who died at the …
Washington Jail Settles DOJ Allegations of ADA Noncompliance in Failure to Treat Opioid Use Disorder by Douglas Ankney Sheriff Ryan Sperling of Washington’s Mason County signed an agreement on September 19, 2024, settling allegations by the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) that the county jail was not complying with Title …
Nearly $2.6 Million Paid to Former Minnesota Jail Detainee for Injuries from Delayed Withdrawal Treatment by David Reutter On February 12, 2025, attorneys for a former detainee jailed by Minnesota’s Anoka County stipulated to dismissal of his claims for injuries suffered when he was denied withdrawal treatment while incarcerated. In …
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Tenth Circuit Upholds Nearly $8.8 Million Judgment for Utah Jail Death by Douglas Ankney On November 13, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upheld a jury award of more than $8.7 million to the Estate of detainee who died in Utah’s Davis County Jail. In its …
Sixth Circuit Limits Deliberate Indifference Standard in Kentucky Jail Medical Care Challenge by David M. Reutter Since its September 2021 ruling in Brawner v. Scott Cty., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has held that pretrial detainees challenging their medical care in jail are not fully held …
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
$6 Million Settlement in Illinois Detainee’s Gruesome Untreated Heroin Withdrawal Death by David Reutter On December 18, 2024, notice was filed in the federal court for the Central District of Illinois that a $6 million good-faith settlement had been reached resolving a lawsuit seeking compensation for the April 2022 death …
Southern Health Partners Settles Suit Over Kentucky Jail Meth Death by On June 6, 2024, an undocketed settlement was reached between a Kentucky jail’s private medical contractor and the administrator of the estate of a detainee who died of methamphetamine toxicity in 2019. The agreement followed a disappointing decision for …
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Sixth Circuit Upholds $6.4 Million Jury Award Against Corizon Nurses For Michigan Jail Prisoner’s Fatal Alcohol Withdrawal by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 16, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld the verdict and jury award of $6.4 million in compensatory damages against …
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Suboxone Manufacturer’s Delayed-Release Buprenorphine Injections Show Promise at Maine Jail by The stock price of Richmond, Virginia-based Indivior PLC was down 20% in the first 12 days of February 2025, after delayed approval from the federal Food & Drug Administration (FDA) of label changes on its Sublocade medication—a single injection …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
$220,000 Settlement After Woman Dies in Ohio Jail From Drug Withdrawal by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso With signing of a settlement agreement on September 11, 2024, Ohio’s Richland County was on the hook for $220,000 to the estate of detainee Maggie Copeland, who died while experiencing withdrawal symptoms …
No Dismissal for San Diego Jail Medical Contractor from Suit Filed Over Detainee’s Withdrawal Death by On February 8, 2024, the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of California declined to dismiss all the claims brought by the family of a San Diego Jail detainee who died in custody …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Minnesota Jailers Shrug Off Detainee’s Agony from Fatal Perforated Bowel as Withdrawal Symptoms by Arriving at the Hennepin County Jail in July 2022, Lucas Bellamy, 41, warned staffers at the Minneapolis lockup that he had ingested a bag of drugs. Yet when he died three days later of a perforated …
Enyart v. Cnty. of San Bernardino, CA, Order Denying Mtn for Judgment as Matter of Law, Wrongful Death, 2024 Case 5:23-cv-00540-RGK-SHK Document 186 Filed 06/11/24 Page 1 of 3 Page ID #:3641 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL Case No. 5:23-cv-00540-RGK-SHK Title Frances Enyart …
Enyart v. Cnty. of San Bernardino, CA, Jury Instructions, Wrongful Death, 2024 Case 5:23-cv-00540-RGK-SHK Document 180 Filed 05/24/24 Page 1 of 25 Page ID #:3163 FILED 1 CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COL"RT 2 I 3 5/24/2024 0:1'- fRA I, l)ISTRICT BY: I or C,\LffORNIA JRE OEPlffY 4 5 6 UNITED STATES …
Enyart v. Cnty. of San Bernardino, CA, Verdict Form, Wrongful Death, 2024 Case 5:23-cv-00540-RGK-SHK Document 182 Filed 05/28/24 Page 1 of 5 Page ID #:3189 FILED 1 CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COL"RT I 2 5/24/2024 I 0:1'- fRA I, DISTRICT OF C,\LffORNIA 3 BY: JRE OEPlffY REDACTED 4 5 UNITED STATES …
San Diego Jury Deadlocks on Charges Against Jail Doctor in Detainee’s Death, Nurse Acquitted by On February 11, 2024, a San Diego jury deadlocked on involuntary manslaughter charges against Dr. Friederike Von Lintig over a 2019 death at the county’s Las Colinas Detention Facility. Nurse Danalee Pascua, 38, was acquitted …
Enyart v. Cnty. of San Bernardino, CA, Summary Judgment Order, Wrongful Death, 2024 Enyart v. Cnty. of San Bernardino United States District Court for the Central District of California April 22, 2024, Decided; April 22, 2024, Filed 5:23-cv-00540-RGK-SHK Reporter 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 74108 * Frances Enyart et al. v. …
NaphCare: More Proof That Privatized Healthcare Deals Death and Misery to the Incarcerated to Enhance Profits by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A settlement approved by the federal court for the Eastern District of California on January 16, 2024, recalls an all-­too familiar jail story. A wheelchair-­bound detainee named …
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