JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) – Family members of a 36-year-old man who died in 2024 after being booked into the Johnson County Jail have filed a lawsuit Monday against Johnson County, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, jail staff, and a medical provider employed by the hospital.
Nathaniel Davis Jr. was booked into the Johnson County Jail on March 10, 2024, to serve a seven-day sentence for an OWI. According to court documents, Davis entered the jail in good health but began experiencing symptoms of alcohol withdrawal, including hallucinations, tremors, confusion, and disorientation.
The lawsuit alleges jail staff and medical providers “failed to take the necessary and well-established steps to evaluate, monitor, and treat his condition.” For more than 35 hours, jail officials allegedly did not check on Davis and ignored his medical crisis…