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$33 Million Awarded to Family of Oklahoma Jail Detainee Mocked By Nurse and Guards As He Died Begging for Help
Loaded on April 1, 2024
by Douglas Ankney
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2024, page 22
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Medical Misconduct,
Failure to Treat,
Jail Specific,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
Oklahoma.
by Douglas Ankney
On August 23, 2023, a jury in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma made a massive award of $33 million to the family of Terral B. Ellis, Jr., an Ottawa County Jail (OCJ) detainee who allegedly died begging for medical attention while a nurse ...
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