What are my rights if I was not provided my seizure medication in jail?

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What are my rights if I was not provided my seizure medication in jail?

I was taken to the ER for 4 seizures but was not given all of my medication when they took

me back too the jail.

Asked on May 1, 2016 under Personal Injury, Alaska

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 7 years ago | Contributor

If you were injured in some lasting or significant way by the failure to give you the medicine, you may have a viable lawsuit for compensation for your injuries. If that was the case, speak with a personal injury attorney about possibly filing a suit (you also have the right to file it yourself, "pro se").
But if, as we hope, you suffered no lasting or significant harm, a law suit is not likely to be worthwhile: the law only provides compensation for what did happen, not what could have happened; so if you did not actually suffer some serious injury or large costs, there would be little or nothing to sue for.


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