[CitizenUSA]

You keep quoting all these facts, but you're missing the point. The article was written entirely from the lady's point of view. How do we even know she made 16 requests to see a doctor? Look. If events happened exactly as she claims, she was wronged and will win her case. Why do so many of you automatically assume I'm picking sides in this rather than simply pointing out #1 she initiated the chain of events by failing to show at a required hearing (whether intentionally or not) and #2 we are ONLY getting one side of this story. I mean, seriously. Some are even trying to diagnose her medical issue based solely on the scant details reported here. Ridiculous!

[Valpal1]

Actually, I googled up all the local coverage because I thought the $75K amount was suspiciously low. Turns out that that is mis-reported in this article.

I don’t care how many times she did or didn’t ask for medical attention. They have a duty to observe and treat prisoners in their custody and they blew it, so they are on the hook for that negligence.

Some facts are facts regardless of POV. She was in their custody for a week, until taken to hospital and had her arm amputated. How she came to be in custody or who initiated it is immaterial to the fact that they failed to properly care for an injured person in their custody.

It’s sad and tragic that if she hadn’t missed her court date, she’d still have an arm, but that doesn’t make the state not responsible for what happened to her while in their custody.