$15 Million Settlement Requires San Diego County Jails to Institute Changes in Wake of Death

Published on July 3, 2024

SAN DIEGO—San Diego County and one of its health care contractors have agreed to pay $15 million to the family of a woman who died at the Las Colinas jail in Santee nearly five years ago. The settlement reached late last week stems from a wrongful death lawsuit filed in connection with Elisa Serna’s Nov. 11, 2019, death, in which alleged jail staff were accused of failing to properly treat Serna despite knowing she was suffering from symptoms of drug and alcohol withdrawal, including frequent vomiting and seizures. Along with the monetary terms—which has San Diego County paying $14 million and Coast Correctional Medical Group paying $1 million—the settlement mandates that the county institute a series of reforms aimed at improving training for county jail personnel and revising protocols for inmates receiving medical care....

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