Suit over Texas woman’s jail death settles for $7 million

Published April 27, 2023 8:41 AM

By JAKE BLEIBERG
Associated Press

DALLAS (AP) — A lawyer says a for-profit company that ran a Texas jail along with other defendants has agreed to a $7 million settlement in a lawsuit over the 2019 death of a woman who jail staff allegedly neglected as her health deteriorated. Attorney Erik Heipt says the payout over Holly Barlow-Austin’s death is among the largest settlements of its kind. Barlow-Austin’s family sued LaSalle Corrections, Bowie County and several staff at the Texarkana jail. Court records don’t say what share of the settlement was paid by which defendant. A lawyer for LaSalle didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

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