$1.7 million verdict for inmate's untreated cancer { Illegal Alien }

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 11/11/10 | Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer

[SmithL]

LOS ANGELES -- A jury has hit the state with $1.73 million in damages in a suit by the family of an illegal immigrant who died of penile cancer that went untreated during more than a year in state and federal custody.

The Los Angeles Superior Court jury found state prison doctors partly to blame Wednesday for the death of Francisco Castaneda in February 2007. A separate suit against the federal government is tentatively scheduled for trial in April, the family's lawyers said Thursday.

[Ann Archy]

California is DEAD to me.

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

They caught him, they jailed him, they took responsibility for him, for food, clothes and medical care... looks like the .gov failed at that simple act so its time for them to pony up.

[Da Coyote]

Send the d*mned bill to Mexico. Hopefully, they’ll pay it before we invade...which is not too far away.

[ColdOne]

ping

[bgill]

San Francy should have already fallen in the ocean.

[chilltherats]

The gubmint sure does a good job of delivering health care.

[KoRn]

"They caught him, they jailed him, they took responsibility for him, for food, clothes and medical care... looks like the .gov failed at that simple act so its time for them to pony up."

It sucks, but that's true. If we take someone into custody, we are responsible for their well being. Doesn't matter where they are from.

[chilltherats]

Lemme guess. He was in prison for rape.

Whatever, I hope his death was painful.

This is what’s known as the “Mexican Lottery.”

[IrishCatholic]

Well, after I passed out, I got back up and logged back in.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

(I am bummed that I wasn’t taken up in the rapture, but I will soldier on.)

[Slings and Arrows]

This calls for some theme music!

[Michael.SF.]

Did you bother to read the article?

[immadashell]

California is DEAD to me.

If you balance out the money the state didn't pay to keep the guy alive and what they would have paid in the future if he survived, $1.7 million may be a wash.

[jmacusa]

Good God. What is this, some kind of a Mexican lottery with the US taxpayer as the sap? This is how great nations end.

[metmom]

That’d be a lot of social security payments.

Maybe the government will have to cut them back more to pay for it.

grrrr......

[Lurking Libertarian]

Send the d*mned bill to Mexico.

Why? He wasn't from Mexico. (He was Salavadoran.)

[Lurking Libertarian]

Good God. What is this, some kind of a Mexican lottery with the US taxpayer as the sap? This is how great nations end.

You think it is right to put people in jail and then deny them medical care?

[jmacusa]

I don’t think it’s right that Mexico encourages it’s citizens to violate the immigration laws of my country and then compel me to pay for it.

[HiJinx]

Ping!

[DLfromthedesert]

Excessive award for the loss of a meth head. I’m sure he was a great support to his daughter. /s