A 2022 lawsuit filed over Amy Cross’s methamphetamine overdose death in a Weld County jail has been settled for $3.5 million.
An attorney for the Denver law firm representing the Cross estate sees the size of the agreement as significant in multiple ways.
“I think it represents the severity of what happened to Amy Cross,” says Anna Holland Edwards of Holland, Holland Edwards & Grossman LLC. “She suffered a tremendously awful death for no reason — and we and the family hope this type of settlement sends a message to jails and private medical companies that people do care what happens to people in our jails.”…