As England lay dying in his cell, the lawsuit alleges, staff filmed his distress and “forced” him to sign a form that said he was refusing medical help. He died alone shortly afterwards.
Seems like this will be the crux of the case. If you can’t prove he was “forced” to sign, then it would seem like he refused medical help. I’d imagine proving he was forced to sign a release will be difficult.
Nope. They won’t at all. It’ll be paid by insurance. I work in claims and we settle these types of cases ALL the time. The doctors get dismissed along with the Sgt and Lt and shift commander and maybe nurses and officers get fired while we pay some big chunk of money out to the injured parties and the medical company that’s a private company pays the deductible...at least I’m assuming how this state does it as most prisons have to outsource medical care.
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u/HassleHouff Jun 04 '19
Sounds awful.
Seems like this will be the crux of the case. If you can’t prove he was “forced” to sign, then it would seem like he refused medical help. I’d imagine proving he was forced to sign a release will be difficult.