Attorney hails $10.25 million verdict in jail inmate's death
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An attorney for the estate of a man who was naked and paralyzed when he died in a cell in the Tulsa County Jail's medical unit is hailing a jury's $10.25 million verdict in a federal civil rights trial.
Dan Smolen, attorney for the estate of Elliott Williams, says he hopes the county takes the verdict seriously.
The Tulsa World reports (http://bit.ly/2mLtZem ) that an eight-person jury deliberated for about 10 hours over two days before deciding on Monday that Williams' civil rights were violated by the sheriff's office and former Sheriff Stanley Glanz.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The jury ordered the sheriff's office and Glanz to pay $10 million in compensatory damages to the Williams estate. The jury also ordered Glanz, who was sued in his private capacity, to pay $250,000 in punitive damages.