SPOKANE, WA – The estate of Spencer Wirth filed a federal lawsuit against Spokane County and others on Monday following his 2023 death under the care of the local jail’s outgoing medical provider.
Wirth’s mother, Jennifer Otieno Owino, and his minor child filed a 37-page lawsuit in court on Monday after a federal judge awarded another estate $27 million in 2022 for a different inmate’s death. That person also died under NaphCare’s watch years earlier on the same medical floor in the jail as Wirth.
The Board of County Commissioners selected a new provider in October after Naphcare signaled plans to terminate its contract in Spokane and other counties due to costly litigation. Still, Wirth’s complaint lists the county, Naphcare, MultiCare Deaconess Hospital and two corrections deputies as defendants…