Los Angeles County Jail Agrees To Pay $900,000 to Settle Lawsuit over Inadequate Medical Care

Loaded on Jan. 15, 2010 published in Verdict1 January, 2010, page 40

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Medical Misconduct, Podiatry, Amputations, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Damages, Settlements, Municipal Liability. Location: California.

Los Angeles County has agreed to pay $900,000 to a prisoner who lost his foot after staff at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) in California delayed processing a culture test that later showed the prisoner had a serious infection.

Franklin Silva was arrested on March 7, 2005, by …

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