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A 19-year-old man died of gangrene in 2013, less than a month after he was booked into the Madison County Jail in Alabama. His surviving relatives said he did not receive adequate medical care while held there, and they filed a lawsuit that was later settled. Officials denied any wrongdoing.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed; neglect alleged). Surviving relatives say jail staff gave him poor health care before he died of gangrene, and the lawsuit was settled while officials denied wrongdoing.
Reported by: surviving relatives' lawsuit (family or their lawyers); Madison County Jail (the agency that held him).
Lawsuit: Surviving relatives sued over the jail health care that preceded the death, and the case was settled, with officials denying wrongdoing.