Feb. 24, 2021
When a female deputy at Kentucky’s Franklin County Regional Jail first encountered Kelsey Love in her cell early May 16, 2017, the incident report she wrote after was sparse.
She noted that Love, who was eight months pregnant at the time, was suffering from back and leg pain.
But Love was actually experiencing labor pains. Her attorney, Aaron J. Bentley, argues that was clear to the officer, who was wearing a body camera that recorded the entire conversation.
Responding to screams from Love’s cell shortly after 5 a.m., the officer found Love on the floor, naked and clutching her swollen belly. Love told her the baby was coming and asked to be taken to a doctor.
An Indiana woman who gave birth alone in a Kentucky jail will receive $200,000 settlement after arguing that correction staffers were deliberately indifferent to her medical needs, according to a news report.
A woman in Franklin County, Kentucky has settled a lawsuit, in which she claimed jailers abandoned her to give birth by herself in a cell. Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove granted a joint motion by plaintiff Kelsey Love and the defendants on Wednesday, according to records and documents viewed by Law&Crime. The post Woman Settles Lawsuit That Claimed Jailers Abandoned Her to Give Birth By Herself in Cell first appeared on Law & Crime.
A woman in Franklin County, Kentucky has settled a lawsuit, in which she claimed jailers abandoned her to give birth by herself in a cell. Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove granted a joint motion by plaintiff Kelsey Love and the defendants on Wednesday, according to records and documents viewed by Law&Crime.