Ronald Marvin Myers
Ronald Marvin Myers, 79, had many medical conditions and was held at the Eastern Regional Jail in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He asked officers to call his wife, who would know which daily medications he took, but according to court records and the estate's lawsuit, the jail never called her. The lawsuit says he went about 15 days without medication before a doctor prescribed heart medication. He was found unable to get out of his bunk and taken to Berkeley Medical Center, where he died of complications from an untreated heart attack. His estate has sued the state, alleging deliberate indifference to his medical needs.
Cause of death, as reported: Died from neglect by staff (disputed). His estate's lawsuit says Eastern Regional Jail staff never called his wife, who could have told them his medications, left him without medication for about 15 days, and that he died of complications from an untreated heart attack.
Reported by: his estate's lawsuit (family or their lawyers); his family's lawyers (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His estate sued over his death at Eastern Regional Jail, alleging deliberate indifference to his medical needs, and no settlement or award amount has been reported.
Sources (4)
- West Virginians are dying of neglect in jails and prisons. The state wants to limit how families can pursue justice.
- WVians dying of neglect in jails, prisons; state wants to limit how families can pursue justice - Charleston Gazette-Mail
- State challenges families’ right to sue over jail medical neglect
- West Virginians Are Dying of Neglect in Jails and Prisons. The State Wants to Limit How Families Can Pursue Justice.