Lisa Mariel Lemond
Lisa Mariel Lemond was 32 when she died on July 23, 2021, while held at the Western Virginia Regional Jail. An autopsy listed the cause of death as pulmonary septic emboli due to tricuspid valve endocarditis, a serious heart-valve infection that had spread to her lungs. Her family's wrongful death lawsuit says she showed symptoms of the infection for nearly three weeks in the jail, and that staff at Wellpath, the jail's contracted health provider, failed to diagnose it or get her to a hospital in time. She was taken to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital the night before she died. The jail's superintendent said he could not comment on the allegations.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). The autopsy attributed her death to pulmonary septic emboli from tricuspid valve endocarditis, and her family's wrongful death lawsuit says Wellpath staff at the jail failed to diagnose the infection for nearly three weeks or get her to a hospital in time.
Reported by: autopsy; her family's wrongful death lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: Her family filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that staff at Wellpath, the jail's contracted health provider, failed to diagnose a serious infection or get her to a hospital in time, and no settlement or award amount is reported.