COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A recent lawsuit alleges medical staff at a Franklin County jail did not perform required safety checks on a woman, resulting in her death, then falsified records to cover it up.
The lawsuit, filed in Franklin County Common Pleas Court in March, accuses multiple medical professionals with Armor Health of Ohio LLC who worked an overnight shift at the jail on Jackson Pike of not properly monitoring Gierra Perdue, 33, who died of a fentanyl overdose. The legal action was filed on behalf of Perdue’s mother.
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On March 9, 2023, Perdue was arrested and taken to jail. She was in the process of detoxing from drugs she took before her arrest, according to the lawsuit. At “some point” after arriving at the jail, Perdue was put on a safety watch, which required medical staff to “visually inspect” her every 8-10 minutes, the filing says.
Franklin County contracts with Armor Health of Ohio to provide medical services at the jail. Along with the company, the lawsuit names four medical staff members who were working the overnight shift on March 16 as defendants…