Piper Travis
Piper Travis, 34, lived most of her life on Whidbey Island and liked to travel, and her obituary described her "fierce love for her family and friends." She became seriously ill while held at the Snohomish County Jail in November and December 2017, and was diagnosed with meningitis, sepsis and acute respiratory distress. She died in hospital on December 16, 2017, and her family's wrongful death lawsuit alleges that jail staff and a medical staffing company neglected her as her health declined. Snohomish County settled the suit for $3.1 million without admitting wrongdoing, and the defendants denied several of the allegations.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed; neglect alleged). Her family's wrongful death lawsuit says jail staff and a medical staffing company neglected her as her meningitis, sepsis and respiratory failure worsened, and the county settled without admitting wrongdoing while the defendants denied several allegations.
Reported by: family's wrongful death lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: Her family sued Snohomish County and the county settled for $3.1 million without admitting wrongdoing.