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DALLAS (AP) A private company that ran a Texas jail where a woman allegedly went blind following days of medical neglect before her 2019 death has agreed to a $7 million lawsuit settlement along with other defendants, her family's attorney said Thursday.
The family of a 46-year-old woman who died in the custody of a private East Texas jail has reached a $7 million settlement in what attorneys say is the largest known jail death settlement in the state's history and one of the largest reached nationwide over an in-custody death.
A private company that ran a Texas jail where a woman died in 2019 agreed to a $7M settlement, along with other defendants, her family’s attorney said.