Tag: Jail
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Correctional Healthcare Expert Not Allowed to Opine on Physical Symptoms
This action arises from the death of Gregory Neil Davis while he was incarcerated as a pretrial detainee at the Oklahoma County Detention Center. Plaintiff, as special administrator of the estate of Davis, alleged that numerous Jail and Medical Defendants acted with deliberate indifference to Davis’ serious medical needs in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment…
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Corrections Expert’s Standard of Care Testimony Admitted
Terri Beth Mays died on November 4, 2021, while she was an inmate at the Whitley County Detention Center. Her Estate (“Mays’ Estate”) alleged that Jail personnel, nurses, and medical providers were responsible for ensuring her health and safety while she was in their custody, yet they failed to address her obviously serious medical needs…
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Emergency Medicine Expert’s Testimony on Jail Policies Admitted
Jeff Trevillion, as Special Administrator for the Estate of Louis Perales,deceased (“the Estate”), filed a claim for cruel and unusual punishment against the arresting officer and the jail staff in their individual capacities, and Sheriff Scott Owen (“Owen”) in his official capacity as Sheriff of Washington County, Oklahoma. The Estate alleged that the Defendants’ policy…
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Corrections Expert Barred from Testifying on Nurse’s Medical Decisions
Johnathan Maskiell and John Daulton were placed together in a small “isolation” cell. Maskiell stomped and beat sixty-one-year-old Daulton into a coma. Daulton died from his injuries on May 21, 2023. Maskiell has since pled guilty to Daulton’s murder. The Plaintiff, Tonya Jones as Administratrix of John Daulton’s estate, filed suit against the Kenton County…
