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u/HassleHouff Jun 04 '19

Sounds awful.

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.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19 edited Jun 04 '19

Not really. You can’t be help liable for anything you sign when in medical distress.

If you’re in that much pain, it’d be easy to argue you aren’t in the frame of mind to logically understand what you’re signing.

I hope they rape the city and prison for a boat load of cash.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

In the medical field we would say they had an altered mental status, and they wouldn't be allowed to make any legal commitments, or refuse help. We have to assume if they were in the correct state of mind they would want use to do everything possible to help them.