Robert Hight III
Robert Hight III died on December 17, 2023, after being held at the Clackamas County jail in Oregon. According to a lawsuit filed by his family and estate in U.S. District Court in Portland, he had a history of high blood pressure and complained of chest pain and asked for medical help, but jail staff kept him overnight instead of sending him to a hospital. The suit says he collapsed the next day and was taken to a hospital, where doctors found a brain hemorrhage that could not be survived. The jail and its contractor, Naphcare, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Cause of death, as reported: Died from neglect by staff (disputed). Robert Hight III's family and estate say in a lawsuit that jail staff kept him overnight instead of sending him to a hospital despite dangerously high blood pressure and complaints of chest pain, and the lawsuit attributes his fatal brain hemorrhage to that delay.
Reported by: his family and estate, through a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Portland (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His family and estate sued in U.S. District Court in Portland over his death at the Clackamas County jail, alleging staff failed to send him to a hospital; no settlement or award amount has been reported.