Prisoner dies week after earning settlement conference and attorney in failure to accommodate disability claim
Dolan BENTON – State prisoner Jeffrey Eastman sued his keepers and doctors, earned a settlement conference and a lawyer, and died a week too soon. Attorney Sean Dolan of St. Louis filed a suggestion of death as Eastman’s counsel on April 13, stating he died that day or the day before. Dolan had entered his appearance in U.S. district court on March 30, to represent Eastman at the settlement conference on April 20. He asked Magistrate Judge Reona Daly to convert the April 20 proceedings to a status conference, and she granted it. Eastman sued contract physician ...
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