Estate of VA inmate who allegedly died from lack of health care services to receive $1.3M
The Virginia jail was accused of failing to treat the inmate’s opiate withdrawal symptoms, which led to heart disease
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The family of an inmate who died in a northern Virginia jail has reached a wrongful death settlement with the county sheriff and the jail's former health care provider.
Darryl Becton died at the Arlington County jail at the age of 46 in October 2020. An autopsy determined that he died from heart disease complicated by opiate withdrawal.
The lawsuit filed by his estate alleged that the jail and Corizon Health, a contractor that provided health care services there, failed to treat his withdrawal symptoms and showed deliberate indifference to his medical needs.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Darryl Becton died from heart disease complicated by opiate withdrawal while he was in jail. His family has reached a wrongful death settlement.
The defendants said they placed Becton on a standard protocol to observe and treat withdrawal symptoms and that the heart arrhythmia that caused his death was unexpected.
On Jan. 31, the two sides filed a proposed settlement in U.S. District Court in Alexandria. Neither the sheriff nor Corizon admit wrongdoing, but they agreed to pay $1.325 million to settle the case.
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The settlement spells out that the estate's lawyers will receive $325,000 plus expenses and that five children and beneficiaries of Becton's estate will split the remaining $900,000.
The settlement still must be approved by a judge.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The sheriff dropped Corizon as its contractor in 2021.