A medical services provider that filed for bankruptcy in 2024 cannot be sued by the family of a woman who died after an alleged drug overdose at the Lane County Jail, a judge ruled Friday, March 13.
U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken dismissed health care company Wellpath LLC from a lawsuit still moving forward against Lane County, after the death of 59-year-old Barbara Stillwell in Feb. 2023.
Individuals with the Lane County Sheriff’s Office and health care workers involved in Stillwell’s care are also named as defendants in the lawsuit filed by her husband, Perry Stillwell. It seeks compensatory damages of $5 million…