The Allegheny County Jail. (Justin Vellucci | TribLive)
A lawsuit filed in federal court last week accuses Allegheny County Jail staff and the contractor that runs the medical unit there of failing to properly care for a man who had pneumonia and later died at a hospital.
Joseph King Jr., who had been incarcerated starting in 2023, died on March 25, 2024, at Allegheny General Hospital after a six-week stay. He was 61…