A trio of nurses and San Diego County can’t dodge liability for a man’s overdose death in jail, the Ninth Circuit found, in confirming a new standard of review for medical indifference to inmates.
The James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco, home of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. (Ernest McGray/Associated Press)
SAN DIEGO (CN) San Diego County, which has the highest rate of jail deaths in California, cannot dodge liability for the overdose death of a man left unmonitored for eight hours despite showing signs he was under medical distress, the Ninth Circuit found Wednesday.