Jessica Falco
Jessica Falco, 36, died in her cell at the Albany County jail in Albany, New York, on July 14, 2018. Her daughter's federal lawsuit says a transcription error led jail medical staff to give her three times the intended dose of bupropion, and that staff did not evaluate her once the error was found. The lawsuit also says her medication combination was not properly monitored. The lawsuit's attorney, Bob Keach, attributes her death to a lethal dose of medication after the transcription error, citing the medical examiner's findings on bupropion, trazodone and buprenorphine.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (disputed; neglect alleged). The medical examiner cited bupropion, trazodone and buprenorphine; her daughter's federal lawsuit says a transcription error led jail medical staff to give three times the intended bupropion dose and that staff did not evaluate her after the error was found.
Reported by: medical examiner or coroner; her daughter's federal lawsuit and the family's attorney, Bob Keach (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: Her daughter filed a federal lawsuit alleging that a transcription error led jail medical staff to give her three times the intended dose of bupropion, and that staff did not evaluate her when the error was found.