A former inmate at the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women has filed a lawsuit against three prison workers there, alleging she was not given proper medical attention.
YORK, Neb. (AP) - A former inmate at the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women has filed a lawsuit against three prison workers there, alleging she was not given proper medical attention.
The York News-Times says (http://bit.ly/103YZsh ) the lawsuit was filed by 52-year-old Lori Lucchino. Lucchino says she suffered a head injury in July 2009 while she was incarcerated, but that medical staff decided not to examine her for several hours.
The lawsuit says a preliminary examination suggested that she was suffering from heat exhaustion or a drug overdose, but the proper protocol wasn't followed for either diagnosis.
Lucchino was serving a 3- to 5-year prison term after she was convicted of seriously injuring Lincoln High School track coach Bob White and his brother, Richard White, while driving drunk on Interstate 80.
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