Salt Lake County, Utah, Settles Federal Civil Rights Wrongful Death Claim for $950,000

Loaded on Jan. 1, 2021 by Derek Gilna published in Verdict1 January, 2021, page 38

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice. Location: Utah.

by Derek Gilna

Salt Lake County, Utah settled in March of 2020 a wrongful-death lawsuit stemming from the in-custody death in 2016 of Lisa Marie Ostler, who died when jail officials ignored her symptoms of serious Crohn’s disease.

The settlement concluded a federal civil rights lawsuit, which had alleged that, ...

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