Shannon Finn
Shannon Finn, 34, died on March 20, 2009, while held at the Warren County Regional Jail in Kentucky, where he was found dead in an isolation cell. His estate administrator and the guardian of his three children sued the county, jail deputies and a contracted doctor, saying deputies failed to get him emergency care as he developed delirium tremens from alcohol withdrawal. The county says deputies responded properly and that he died suddenly of an undiagnosed heart condition, and a later settlement and jury verdicts in the case are reported by Louisville Public Media.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed; neglect alleged). His family's lawsuit says deputies failed to get him emergency care as he developed delirium tremens from alcohol withdrawal, while the county says he died suddenly of an undiagnosed heart condition and that deputies responded properly.
Reported by: Warren County (county attorney Aaron Smith) (the agency that held him); plaintiffs' attorney Greg Belzley, his estate administrator and his children's guardian (lawsuit) (family or their lawyers); federal jury.
Lawsuit: His estate and the guardian of his three children sued Warren County, jail deputies and a contracted doctor over his death in 2009, and the health care company and its nurses settled, with a jury ruling for the medical director, the county and the deputy jailers, while the case against the jailer remains pending.