Patrick J. McCann
Patrick J. McCann died on April 30, 2010, while held at the Ogle County Correctional Center in Illinois, where he was awaiting trial. His estate's lawsuit says he had been treated in hospital for severe burn wounds before he was returned to the jail. An autopsy found that he died from an over-prescription of methadone given by a contract physician. The estate sued alleging deliberate indifference to his medical needs, and in 2018 the Seventh Circuit upheld summary judgment for the remaining individual defendants and for the county.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (neglect alleged). An autopsy found he died from an over-prescription of methadone by a contract physician, and his estate's lawsuit alleges that staff were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs after his burn treatment.
Reported by: autopsy.
Lawsuit: His estate sued under federal civil rights law over deliberate indifference to his medical needs, and in 2018 the Seventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the remaining individual defendants and the county, with no payment reported.