$950,000
Civil Rights Violation
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Case Details
Settlement for the family of a man who died while in police custody at a central Indiana county jail. The young man, who had a history of alcohol abuse and was going through alcohol withdrawal which had progressed to full-blown delirium tremens (DTs), was to be monitored every 15 minutes around the clock. Jail surveillance video confirmed that he was left alone and without medication for long periods of time during his 72 hour detention. by the time emergency medical personnel were called, he had already progressed into a coma and died shortly thereafter.
Additional Notes
Despite the fact that the young man was not married and had no children, the settlement was well above the state tort damage cap of $300,000 applicable in negligence actions, indicating strong evidence of federal civil rights violations under Section 1983 which are not subject to the state damage cap