Attorney Alex Galindo with
Curd Galindo Smith, LLP Trial
Lawyers Announces his Clients Have Filed a Lawsuit Against Santa
Barbara County Sheriff and Others Due to the In-Custody Death of
Their Son.
LOS
ANGELES, June 17, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The
Clients of attorney Alex Galindo of Curd, Galindo & Smith,
LLP filed a lawsuit in Federal Court in Los Angeles for the wrongful death of their
son, Luis Duron. The lawsuit was
filed on June 5, 2024 as USDC Case
No.: 2:24-cv-04685
Court records indicate that on August 31,
2023, at approximately 6:16
am, decedent, Luis Enrique
Duron-Rodriguez (Decedent) was being pursued by Santa Barbara County Sheriff Deputies for
excessive speed on Hollister Avenue. Decedent was driving his
Infinity passenger vehicle which collided with a parked car and
then struck a tree on Hollister Avenue and Viajero. Decedent's
vehicle suffered significant front end damage which caused the
airbags to deploy. Santa Barbara
County Fire responded.
The complaint alleges that the Decedent was
transported to Goleta Cottage Hospital, evaluated and then released
for booking.
The court records state that Decedent was booked for suspicion
of driving under the influence resulting in injury, reckless
driving, and hit and run with injuries. The records also state that
Decedent was not immediately placed on alcohol withdrawal syndrome
protocal. The court records state that the following day Decedent
appeared disoriented and confused and on September 2, 2023 he was found unresponsive in
his cell at the Santa Barbara
County Jail.
The lawsuit alleges that the custody and medical
staff began life-saving measures, including CPR and placement of an
AED, and transported him to Cottage Hospital, however he died at
the hospital.
The family has alleged that the medical staff at
Santa Barbara County Jail failed
to treat Decedent for his obvious injuries resulting from the
collision as well as substance withdrawal syndrome.
The lawsuit also alleges claims against Cottage
Hospital and Wellpath.
The lawsuit alleges that Decedent displayed clear
signs of untreated severe alcohol withdrawal, including
hallucinations, severe anxiety, disorientation to time and place
and incoherent mumbling. At the time of the initial booking
Decedent had extensive bruising to his chest as a result of the
trauma he suffered in the 8/31/23
collision and that was also not treated.
CURD, GALINDO & SMITH, LLP is a civil business litigation
firm that represents both corporate clients of all sizes and those
individuals who have been seriously injured or have lost a family
member due to an accident, defective product, police misconduct or
negligence. The law firm has recovered millions of dollars for its
thousands of clients since 1995 by winning complex and challenging
business disputes, death and injury cases involving police
misconduct, tragic collisions, work place injuries and defective
products, including defective automobiles, against some of the
world's largest companies and governmental agencies.
Media Contact
Alex
Galindo, Curd, Galindo & Smith, LLP, 1 800-300-2300,
agalindo@cgsattys.com, Curd, Galindo & Smith, LLP
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