Professional Negligence Law Reporter

Reggie Scott, 46, who was jailed in the Spartanburg County Detention Center for driving on a suspended license, suffered a seizure during his detention. He was transferred to a hospital but died several days later. He is survived by his wife and their two children.

Scott’s wife, as his personal representative, sued Spartanburg County and a nurse, alleging deliberate indifference and negligence. The plaintiff claimed that although Scott had been experiencing symptoms of alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens and was hallucinating, he was not offered adequate treatment, medicine, or follow-up care for several days while his condition deteriorated. This led to myocardial dysfunction and anoxic brain death, the plaintiff asserted. Suit did not claim lost income.

The parties settled for $385,000.

Citation: Drake v. Roe, No. 2017-CP-4201307 (S.C. Ct. Com. Pl. Spartanburg Cnty. Nov. 13, 2018).

Plaintiff counsel: AAJ members Charles Hodge and Timothy R. Langley, both of Spartanburg, S.C.

Plaintiff experts: Brent Rody, standard of care, Spartanburg; and John May, correctional health care, Miami.

Defense experts: Amy Enloe, nursing, Taylors, S.C.; and Mieke Perez, internal medicine, Columbia, S.C.