Jury Awards $2 Million to Mother of Man Who Died in Utah Jail
Aug 17, 2024
The mother of a man who died in a Salt Lake City jail after a corporate jail contractor withheld his prescription medication has been awarded $2 million by a state district court jury.
Janis Aus accused Salt Lake City-based Wellcon, Inc., of abruptly discontinuing her son Jeremy Aus's prescription medication when he was booked into the jail on Nov. 6, 2013. Jeremy Aus died 10 days later, on Nov. 16, 2013, after he suffered from severe withdrawal from his benzodiazepine anxiety medication. He was facing misdemeanor charges.
Read the news release here.
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