$140,000 Settlement in Washington Jail Detainee’s Suicide

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2010 published in Verdict1 August, 2010, page 35

Filed under: Staffing, Settlements, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides. Location: Washington.

Pierce County, Washington has paid $120,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed its policies were deliberately indifferent to the risk of suicide by pretrial detainees at the Pierce County Detention and Corrections Center (PCDCC). The City of Lakewood paid an additional $20,000 to settle the case.

The suit was ...

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