Luwin Morgan Lewis has filed a lawsuit that alleges she was denied medical attention while an inmate at the Marion County Jail.
The lawsuit names the Marion County Government, a Marion County correctional officer known as "Jason" and Marion County correctional officer known as "John Doe" as defendants.
The lawsuit, filed by Robin Flores, alleges there was a violation of civil rights - withholding medical care, negligence, negligent training, intentional inflection of emotional distress and negligent inflection of emotional distress. The lawsuit asks for compensatory damages of $500,000 and punitive damages of $500,000.
Ms. Lewis entered the jail on Dec. 9, 2015 to begin service of 90 days confinement for DUI and reckless endangerment.
After entering the jail, Ms. Lewis began to experience abdominal pain and rectal bleeding. She said she requested medical attention by both written forms and oral requests to the individual defendants, which were all denied.
Jarred Smith, Ms. Lewis's attorney, took action and on Jan. 7 the jail service transported Ms. Lewis to Parkridge Hospital in Jasper and she was then transferred to Wildwood Lifestyle Center for alcohol addiction treatment. While there she saw a doctor who transferred her to Harton Hospital for a perforated colon and was treated in the ICU from Jan. 19-Feb. 3.
Click here to read the complaint.