$6M settlement reached over delayed cancer care in Wash. prison

The Seattle Times

SEATTLE — Washington state has agreed to pay $6 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit over lapses in the cancer diagnosis and treatment of a man who died at Monroe Correctional Complex.

Michael Sublett, 64, died of liver cancer in November 2023 after a long period of unnecessary and grievous suffering” following “inexcusable delays” and “dereliction of medical responsibility” by the state Department of Corrections, according to the lawsuit filed by his daughter…

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