Deal Is Reached in Case of Teen Who Died in Jail
From Times Wire Reports
The state has agreed to pay $1.45 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the mother of a teenager who died from a burst appendix in a juvenile jail.
Cherry Williams sued the state and Miami Children’s Hospital for $25 million over the death last year of her son, 17-year-old Omar Paisley, alleging jail employees and nurses ignored his pleas for help for three days before he died.
The hospital, which was under contract to provide nurses at the jail, also agreed to settle but did not disclose the terms.
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