Estate of Virginia inmate who allegedly died due to lack of medical services to receive $1.3 million
The family of an inmate who died in a northern Virginia prison reached a wrongful death settlement with the county sheriff and a former prison medical officer.
Darryl Becton died in the Arlington County Jail at the age of 46 in October 2020. An autopsy revealed that he died of heart disease complicated by opiate withdrawal.
The lawsuit, filed by his estate, alleged that the prison and Corizon Health, a contractor who provided medical services there, failed to treat his withdrawal symptoms and showed willful indifference to his medical needs.
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The defendants stated that they placed Beckton on standard protocol for monitoring and treating withdrawal symptoms and that the cardiac arrhythmia that caused his death was unexpected.
On January 31, both parties filed a motion to settle the dispute with the U.S. District Court in Alexandria. Neither the sheriff nor Corizon admit wrongdoing, but agreed to pay $1.325 million to settle the case.
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The agreement specified that the estate’s lawyers would receive $325,000 plus expenses, with the remaining $900,000 to be shared by the five children and beneficiaries of the Becton estate.
The settlement agreement still has to be approved by the judge.
In 2021, the sheriff dropped Corizon as a contractor.
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