MIDLAND (AP) — A lawsuit that was brought following the death of a man after a violent struggle with corrections officers has been settled for $500,000.
The Midland Daily News reports the federal wrongful death lawsuit against Midland County and sheriff’s office deputies who work in the jail was settled following mediation.
The lawsuit said Jack Marden, 56, of Midland was held February 2015 at the Midland County Jail when officers entered his cell and pinned him against a wall.
Authorities say he grabbed one of the officers and he was struck, then had breathing problems. He died several days later at a hospital of heart failure.
A federal judge earlier determined sheriff's deputies were immune from suit, but the case was appealed and later put into mediation.
