Barton Grubbs
Barton Grubbs was held at the Weld County jail in Greeley, Colorado, in April 2014. He told a contractor's intake nurse there that he had taken around 70 Valium, and according to his family's lawsuit, the nurse did not call the jail's medical provider as her supervisor had told her to. He died the next day, and the family's lawsuit says the response to his condition was inadequate. The case went to trial in July 2018, where the jury found for the contractor, and the county later settled for $20,000.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (disputed; neglect alleged). Barton Grubbs told a jail intake nurse he had taken around 70 Valium, and his family's lawsuit says the nurse did not call the jail's medical provider as her supervisor had told her to, leaving him without care until he died the next day.
Reported by: his family's lawsuit (family or their lawyers); the contractor's intake nurse (the agency that held him).
Lawsuit: His family sued, the case went to trial in July 2018 where the jury found for the contractor, and Weld County settled for $20,000.