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Ronnie Sandoval died in sheriff's custody in 2014; federal jurors last week ordered San Diego County to pay his family almost $2 million

Gilbert Gil, whose family says he suffered from diabetes and showed early signs of dementia, died on Valentine’s Day last year. Their lawsuit argues that his death from a heart condition could have been prevented.

The suit says a deputy watched as she tried to remove her eyeball and failed to intervene after she succeeded.

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A woman who blinded herself in jail while under the influence of drugs as a deputy watched will receive $4.35 million in a settlement with San Diego County, her lawyer said.

Its settlement with Tanya Suarez means San Diego County will now have paid out $27.1 million over five years to settle cases involving deaths and serious injuries in its jails.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A woman who blinded herself in jail while under the influence of drugs as a deputy watched will receive $4.35 million in a settlement with San Diego County, her lawyer said. Tanya Suarez had sued the county alleging jail staff failed to protect her from harming herself after she was arrested in 2019, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported late Wednesday.

When she was taken into custody at the Las Colinas women’s jail in Santee, the woman was acting oddly and clawing at her eyes, according to jail paperwork,...

A California woman who blinded herself in jail, while on drugs, as a deputy watched is won $4.35 million in a settlement with San Diego county.

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A woman who blinded herself in jail while under the influence of drugs as a deputy watched will receive $4.35 million in a settlement

A woman who blinded herself in jail while under the influence of drugs will receive $4.35 million in a settlement with San Diego County.