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A Mexican citizen who filed a federal lawsuit against Park County for medical neglect during a 2003 detention in the county jail has reached a $1.5 million settlement, his lawyers announced Monday.
Park County’s insurers will pay Moises Carranza-Reyes for injuries and illnesses he suffered while he was detained.
Carranza-Reyes was placed in the jail on immigration violations.
While in custody, he lost a lung and part of his left leg after developing a streptococcus infection.
Carranza-Reyes lawsuit alleged that the infection was due to filthy conditions in the jail and inadequate medical services.
Park County officials do not admit any liability and have denied Carranza-Reyes’s charges despite the settlement agreement.
