Two Irving jail staff fired after inmate without medicine dies from diabetic attack; lawsuit likely

[TexasTowelie]

Irving fired two jail supervisors Friday, after investigating how an inmate was held for nearly two days without access to medicine before suffering a fatal diabetic attack in her cell.

Meanwhile, the inmate’s family has hired a prominent civil rights lawyer as they move toward suing the city.

Jail staff knew that Sarah Tibbetts, 37, needed insulin after police arrested her on minor charges in early November.

Nearly 42 hours later, she collapsed in her cell and died of diabetic ketoacidosis, which is caused by lack of insulin.

More at http://irvingblog.dallasnews.com/2014/01/two-irving-jail-staff-fired-after-inmate-without-medicine-dies-from-diabetic-attack-family-moves-towards-lawsuit.html/ .

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[MannyGoldstein]

1. This is insane.

What kind of sickness do we have?

[TexasProgresive]

2. Lawsuit HELL!

They should be indicted for 1st degree murder. Or are they too stupid to know that an insulin using diabetic is at risk of death without insulin?

[hobbit709]

3. They certainly should be charged.