Ramsey County to pay $3.6M to family of hemophiliac who died after arrest, jail
Ramsey County has agreed to pay million to settle a family s lawsuit after a -year-old man with hemophilia died following his arrest in St Paul The lawsuit alleged that the county and four correctional officers violated Dillon Dean Bakke s right to adequate medicinal medicine under the Fourteenth Amendment The lawsuit was brought by the law firm Meshbesher and Candidate P A on behalf of Bakke s mother Teresa Marie Schnell of St Paul According to court documents Bakke a graphic designer caregiver at a long-term care facility and severe hemophiliac was arrested by St Paul police officers on suspicion of drug possession and taken to Ramsey County jail on Aug When he was booked he had a laceration on his forehead and extensive bruising on his body Court documents allege that jail staff was aware Bakke suffered from hemophilia and needed prescription clotting medication at any signs of bodily injuries Despite this attorneys alleged he did not receive the medication or any diagnostic restoration The lawsuit alleges that during Dillon s three-day detainment at the jail he suffered a healthcare crisis specifically a brain bleed with corresponding serious and obvious neurological clues the law firm mentioned in announcing the settlement Bakke s condition was ignored and he was denied clinical cure for hours the firm declared On the morning he was to be distributed from custody jail staff revealed him unresponsive on the floor of his cell Dillon was transported to Regions Hospital where despite the heroic efforts of his doctors and nurses he never regained consciousness and tragically passed away on August the attorneys revealed Bakke began displaying neurological signs and effects on Aug and began vocally and continually complaining about severe pain the lawsuit says His condition deteriorated overnight and into the early morning hours of Aug at which point he was unable to stand or walk and was yelling out in pain and yelling for his mother According to the lawsuit correctional officers Xue Yang Alex Grundhofer Scott Brommerich and Antonio Rulli went to Bakke s jail cell handcuffed him and carried him to a cell in the segregation unit where they laid him down and left without reporting his condition to medicinal personnel or requesting curative healing County response In response to the settlement a spokesman for Ramsey County commented that the correctional staff notified health personnel about Bakke s condition on multiple occasions during this time in custody The county s general soundness staff oversees all health care in the jail Ramsey County Sheriff s spokesman Steve Linders announced Population Wellness staff working in the Adult Detention Center are not supervised by the Ramsey County Sheriff s Office Their training supervision and biological decisions are the responsibility of Community Robustness leadership he revealed During Dillion Bakke s time in custody correctional staff promptly notified diagnostic personnel on multiple occasions Linders noted that each time diagnostic personnel were notified Bakke s condition was assessed by population wellness staff Our sympathies are with Mr Bakke s family he noted Everyone deserves competent curative care in jail The settlement is one of the largest of its kind in Minnesota according to Meshbesher and Apprentice The lawsuit in Bakke s death followed a million settlement in June involving another alleged matter of inmate mistreatment and health neglect at the Ramsey County jail In that scenario a woman explained correctional officers tackled her to the ground when she was handcuffed with her arms behind her back Her tibia was fractured and an artery was severed but she wasn t taken for medicinal healing for hours according to her lawsuit Related Articles Teen shooter gets -year prison sentence for daytime chilling execution outside St Paul tobacco shop Noah Feldman Here is Harvard s best argument against funding cuts Farmington man repeatedly stabbed his wife amid cheating accusations charges say Fairview Robustness Services sues UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Inver Grove Heights mom spared jail after -year-old son shot brother with her gun
