Gilbert Pineda
Gilbert Pineda was held at the Mower County Jail in Minnesota, awaiting trial, in March 2022, days after kidney removal surgery. His family's federal lawsuit says jail staff and the contracted medical provider failed to give him adequate post-surgical care, and that he was found unresponsive and died after transfusions and emergency surgery for internal bleeding. Mower County and Advanced Correctional Healthcare have denied wrongdoing. The claims in the lawsuit have not been decided.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed; neglect alleged). His family's federal lawsuit says jail staff and the contracted medical provider, Advanced Correctional Healthcare, failed to give him adequate care after his kidney removal surgery, and that he died of internal bleeding; the county and the provider deny wrongdoing.
Reported by: his family's federal lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His family sued Mower County and Advanced Correctional Healthcare in federal court, alleging inadequate post-surgical care, and the defendants have denied wrongdoing; no settlement or award amount is reported.