LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - A second defendant in the ongoing civil lawsuit regarding a Douglas County Jail inmate’s death has settled.
The Lawrence Journal-World (https://bit.ly/2mweuLo ) reports the confidential settlement offer by Dr. Dennis Sale was approved Thursday. Sale worked at the jail where Rachel Hammers died.
Joe Harvey, Hammers’ father, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court in April 2015 seeking more than $1.3 million from the county. Harvey said his daughter’s death was needless, painful and preventable.
The cause of Hammers’ death remains in dispute.
Another defendant, the county Visiting Nurses Association, offered a confidential settlement to Harvey in late 2016. Sale and the association provided medical services to the jail until July 2016.
The association’s settlement was also approved Thursday.
Douglas County officials declined to comment on the lawsuit, but deny Harvey’s claims in court filings.
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Information from: Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World, https://www.ljworld.com
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