Jason Marz/Getty Images(SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.) The family of a California man with HIV has filed a lawsuit claiming that he wasn't given access to the
Jason Marz/Getty Images(SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.) The family of a California man with HIV has filed a lawsuit claiming that he wasn t given access to the necessary medication they say he needed to treat his condition while in jail.
Nicholas Overfield, 39, was arrested in February 2022 and died several months later at a hospital in June after his family claimed he wasn t given access to his prescribed antiretroviral medication to treat HIV during the two months he was detained at El Dorado County Jail, according to the complaint filed last week.
"My son shouldn t have died," said Lesley Overfield, Nicholas mother, in an interview with ABC News. "We re angry. We want accountability for this."
During his February arrest for his failure to appear in court over a burglary charge, Overfield "informed the arresting officers that he was HIV positive and would need his prescribed antiretroviral medication during his detention to ensure his HIV remained in ch
Jason Marz/Getty Images(SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.) The family of a California man with HIV has filed a lawsuit claiming that he wasn t given access to the necessary medication they say he needed to treat his condition while in jail.
Nicholas Overfield, 39, was arrested in February 2022 and died several months later at a hospital in June after his family claimed he wasn t given access to his prescribed antiretroviral medication to treat HIV during the two months he was detained at El Dorado County Jail, according to the complaint filed last week.
"My son shouldn t have died," said Lesley Overfield, Nicholas mother, in an interview with ABC News. "We re angry. We want accountability for this."
During his February arrest for his failure to appear in court over a burglary charge, Overfield "informed the arresting officers that he was HIV positive and would need his prescribed antiretroviral medication during his detention to ensure his HIV remained in ch
Jason Marz/Getty Images(SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.) The family of a California man with HIV has filed a lawsuit claiming that he wasn t given access to the necessary medication they say he needed to treat his condition while in jail.
Nicholas Overfield, 39, was arrested in February 2022 and died several months later at a hospital in June after his family claimed he wasn t given access to his prescribed antiretroviral medication to treat HIV during the two months he was detained at El Dorado County Jail, according to the complaint filed last week.
"My son shouldn t have died," said Lesley Overfield, Nicholas mother, in an interview with ABC News. "We re angry. We want accountability for this."
During his February arrest for his failure to appear in court over a burglary charge, Overfield "informed the arresting officers that he was HIV positive and would need his prescribed antiretroviral medication during his detention to ensure his HIV remained in ch
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