Allen Daniel Hicks Sr.
Allen Daniel Hicks Sr., a 51-year-old Tampa man, was a popular Little League baseball coach and a former Hillsborough County School District employee, and a close friend said the children loved him. In May 2012, after he was found in his car on Interstate 275 showing signs of a stroke, he was taken into the Orient Road Jail in Hillsborough County. According to the estate's lawsuit, he was never medically screened, lay on a cell floor for many hours, and was not taken to a hospital until the following night, where he was diagnosed with an ischemic stroke. He died on August 7, 2012. The Sheriff's Office and its contracted medical provider settled with his children for $1 million, and the Sheriff's Office said its employees and contracted medical staff made mistakes.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). His family's lawsuit says jail staff and contracted medical staff failed to medically screen him and left him on a cell floor for hours after he showed signs of a stroke, and the Sheriff's Office said its employees and contracted medical staff made mistakes.
Reported by: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); estate's lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His children sued the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and its contracted medical provider, which settled the case for $1 million.