Epileptic man with numerous pre-existing conditions including diabetes, hypertension, and alcoholism, was denied seizure medication for 20 days in jail by jail’s private, for-profit medical company; man sustained multiple seizures including one for 7.5 hours; Plaintiff survived, with permanent brain damage.
45 y.o. man, holding pipe in his hand, shot and killed by police after brief vehicle pursuit initiated for failure to wear his seat belt; survived by wife and five minor children.
56 y.o.mentally ill man, eventually found incompetent to stand trial, was not provided adequate psychiatric care in jail while awaiting admission to State Hospital, and after repeated injuries from being bullied by other inmates, was housed with a dangerous cellmate who beat him to death; survived by wife, son, and mother.
31 y.o. Af.-Am. man shot and killed by deputies, who claimed he revealed a hand gun in his waistband, then ran from them; officers claimed that during foot pursuit, Donte Taylor pulled out the gun; no gun was recovered.
Police shooting of 18 y.o. man who had just committed armed burglary but was visibly unarmed at time of shooting; gunshot wound to back resulted in paraplegia.
Healthy, 40 y.o. man had a bad reaction to illegal drugs he took while in jail, denied adequate medical care for his drug-related psychosis, sustained spinal and head trauma of unknown origin, then jailors dragged him to a safety cell when he could not walk due to a spine fracture, at the direction of a nurse employed by a private jail medical provider. He was left face-down, paralyzed, on the floor of a safety cell for six hours with an untreated subdural hematoma. Plaintiff sustained quadriplegia, requiring life-long care.
Jail death of 58 y.o. chronic alcoholic man, deprived of proper alcohol detoxification and confined in a restraint chair for 55 hours.
32 y.o. meth intoxicated man, who had threatened woman, was killed by police during restraint, including use of carotid hold and taser; body cameras did not show assaultive conduct by decedent that police claimed; survived by children.
40 y.o. woman who had called police about another person possibly being assaulted behind her house, shot by police officer as she approached his squad car unarmed. Officer was convicted of third degree murder; decedent survived by parents.
No lasting physical injuries. High functioning autistic young woman in pretrial detention. Client was tiny (110 lbs) but had boisterous and unfiltered personality that repeatedly triggered jailors. Tort claim alleged multiple deployments of restraint chair as punishment and for double the manufacturer’s recommended time limit. One hair hold attack where jailer slammed her to concrete floor while cuffed behind back. Just bruises and small tooth chip. Alleged jail has practice of “assembling a team” to place detainees in the chair. This team attack triggers panic in high functioning autism.