New York – Family Of Diabetic Inmate Who Died To Get $1.5M Settlement

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    FILE - A prisoner looks at a corrections officer from behind several layers of glass and bars in the Enhanced Supervision Housing Unit at the Rikers Island Correctional facility in New York March 12, 2015. REUTERSNew York – The family of a diabetic Rikers Island inmate who died after being ignored by jailers for more than 14 hours is getting a $1.5 million settlement from New York City.

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    The Daily News (http://nydn.us/1OpGlnB ) reports that internal investigations by the city and state blamed the death of 45-year-old Carlos Mercado on corrections officers on duty beginning Aug. 23, 2013.

    Documents say surveillance video captured one of the jailers stepping over Mercado after he fell out of a holding pen.

    The newspaper says his sister, Linda Mercado, and her lawyers, couldn’t be reached for comment. She previously said the staff needed training on how to deal with diabetic patients. She says her brother would still be alive if he got his medicine.

    The case was resolved this month.


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    8 years ago

    Interesting how these people who sue, always say they’re “only doing it to make sure changes are made, so it won’t happen again…” While they then take all the money!