Friday, October 16, 2015
COLUMBUS (AP) — The daughter of a woman who died in an Ohio jail has filed a federal lawsuit alleging jail officials didn’t adequately care for her mother who was arrested on a warrant for carrying an open container.
The lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Columbus by 55-year-old Mary McCoy’s daughter against Franklin County, its sheriff and others seeks unspecified damages.
The lawsuit says McCoy was suffering alcohol withdrawal and obviously needed medical attention. The lawsuit says nurses called by another inmate didn’t come.
The coroner attributed McCoy’s April 7 death to upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
Jail Chief Deputy Geoff Stobart says investigators found no wrongdoing. Sheriff Zach Scott says a high percentage of jail inmates come with health issues.
Spokesman Tyler Lowry says county commissioners don’t comment on pending lawsuits.