Jan 01 2005
Confidential. (Civil Rights, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury)
In Harrison v. North Las Vegas, et al., Mr. Scarlett, together with his co-counsel Cal J. Potter III, Esq., again took on the correctional facility run by the City of North Las Vegas. This federal civil rights action was settled for a confidential amount.
On the day of his 32nd birthday, Mr. Harvey Harrison was on the way to his mother’s house for breakfast. Somewhere along the way, it would appear Mr. Harrison was himself the victim of a crime, the attack leaving him with a closed head injury. Due to his appearance and behavior, the North Las Vegas police were called. Rather than provide Mr. Harrison the medical treatment he so desperately needed, the police officers transported Mr. Harrison to the North Las Vegas Detention Center.
Mr. Harrison was double handcuffed, restrained with leg irons, and thrown into a cell. Having been afforded no medical treatment nor medical screen, Mr. Harrison died twelve hours later as a result of complications from his closed head injuries.
Mr. Scarlett established that Mr. Harrison died when the jail failed to properly diagnose the pre-arrest traumatic brain injury. Based on the extensive pre-trial discovery conducted by Mr. Scarlett and his co-counsel, Cal J. Potter III, Esq., a confidential monetary settlement was reached. Following such settlement, the City of North Las Vegas again altered the structure of medical monitoring rendered on-site at the jail.
