Jacob Burris
Jacob Burris, 50, fell ill at the Sangamon County Jail in Illinois in early December 2007 and went into cardiac arrest there. He was taken to St. John's Hospital and died about a week later, on December 12, 2007. His family's lawsuit says a perforated ulcer went untreated and that a doctor dismissed abnormal vital signs, and that a lack of oxygen during the cardiac arrest left him with a brain injury. The coroner did not perform an autopsy, so the cause of death has not been officially determined.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). Jacob's family's lawsuit says a perforated ulcer went untreated and that a doctor dismissed his abnormal vital signs, and the coroner performed no autopsy.
Reported by: his family's lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His family sued Sangamon County and the jail's medical providers over his death, alleging an untreated perforated ulcer, and the reporting does not state any settlement or award amount.