Kemo
07-30-2019, 05:16 PM
Jerry “the King” Lawler has filed a lawsuit against Hardeman County over the death of his son Brian Christopher in a Tennessee prison on July 29th, 2018. The suit seeks $3 million and states Christopher’s death was preventable.
The official cause of Christopher’s death was ruled a suicide.
“Defendants failed to refer Brian to a doctor or mental health professional at any time during his incarceration and failed to provide him with any treatment for his drug and alcohol issues while he was at the jail despite Brian’s statements concerning his use of various prescription drugs,” the suit reads.
The suit also states that Christopher was assaulted by another inmate on July 28th and then denied proper medical care.
“Brian pleaded with [the jail nurse] and jailers to take him to the hospital,” the suit states. “He thought he had a concussion. He also had a significant open wound above his eye and needed stitches…Defendants, however, refused his requests for appropriate care.”
“Had Defendants timely intervened to protect Brian from harm, he would be alive today,” the suit concludes.
Lawler’s lawyer Jeffrey Rosenblum spoke to reporters in regards to the lawsuit.
“The Lawler family has asked me to shine a bright spotlight on all the deficiencies at the Hardeman County Jail, so that changes can be and must be made immediately,” Rosenblum told reporters. “We’re hopeful that [authorities] will come to us and say, ‘We agree that we need to make changes.’”
The official cause of Christopher’s death was ruled a suicide.
“Defendants failed to refer Brian to a doctor or mental health professional at any time during his incarceration and failed to provide him with any treatment for his drug and alcohol issues while he was at the jail despite Brian’s statements concerning his use of various prescription drugs,” the suit reads.
The suit also states that Christopher was assaulted by another inmate on July 28th and then denied proper medical care.
“Brian pleaded with [the jail nurse] and jailers to take him to the hospital,” the suit states. “He thought he had a concussion. He also had a significant open wound above his eye and needed stitches…Defendants, however, refused his requests for appropriate care.”
“Had Defendants timely intervened to protect Brian from harm, he would be alive today,” the suit concludes.
Lawler’s lawyer Jeffrey Rosenblum spoke to reporters in regards to the lawsuit.
“The Lawler family has asked me to shine a bright spotlight on all the deficiencies at the Hardeman County Jail, so that changes can be and must be made immediately,” Rosenblum told reporters. “We’re hopeful that [authorities] will come to us and say, ‘We agree that we need to make changes.’”