Theus Family Sues Over Jail Death

0:00A wrongful death lawsuit just dropped in Walker County over Sirus Theos, who died in jail back in April of this year. His estate, run by Albert Theos, is suing nurses, doctors, the medical firm QCHC, and even sheriff Daniel Vickery, claiming they bashed his care big, time. The trouble started when Theos hit the hospital with chest pain and owned up to recent drug use. Tests flag serious issues, but they sent him right back to the jail for so-called observation. Days later, inmates saw him withdrawing hard, blood pressure spiking, even seizing and foaming at the mouth while gasping for air. Staff kept in there instead of rushing him back out. On April 19th, he had another crisis, got hit with a heavy anti-psychotic shot called Haldoll, and later that night they found him face down and, unresponsive, in his cell. CPR and a 911 call couldn't save him. This suit points to another inmate death last year from similar neglect, hitting hard

1:00on malpractice, bad training, and policy fails. The family's pushing for big damages and a jury disordered all out. That's the story for today. Birmingham News Today, Driven by AI, I'm Corey with The Story.