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$2 Million Settlement in Death of Mentally Disabled Detainee Stripped of Anti-Seizure Device at Colorado Jail
Loaded on July 1, 2024
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2024, page 53
Filed under:
Correct Care Solutions,
Seizures,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
Location:
Colorado.
by David M. Reutter
On May 1, 2023, following an order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit that reversed a grant of summary judgment to a guard at Colorado’s Mesa County Detention Facility (MCDF), a $2 million settlement was reached in a suit filed by ...
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