Vaage SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - A California appeals court recently affirmed a $6.3 million verdict against San Diego County in the case of a man who suffered permanent brain damage after sheriffs’ deputies waved off paramedics and took him to jail for public intoxication. After being arrested for falling into a planter on a street in Encinitas in December 2016, David Collins became increasingly disoriented and ultimately was transported to a hospital where he was diagnosed with hyponatremia, or severely low sodium and a brain bleed. He claimed permanent brain damage and disability and a jury awarded him $12 million in damages, which the trial judge cut in half to comply with California law.