DALLAS (AP) - A jury awarded nearly $900,000 today to a man left partially paralyzed from a stroke after being denied proper medical care in the Dallas County Jail.
The judgment is thought to be the largest jury verdict for a neglect lawsuit against the troubled Dallas County Jail.
According to the lawsuit, jail officials denied prescription blood pressure medication to plaintiff Stanley Shepherd -- and then falsified records to indicate he had received the medicine.
His lawyer told The Dallas Morning News that Shepherd remains in a wheelchair with a loss of function in the left side of his body.
County Administrator Allen Clemson said Dallas County officials will discuss their options to appeal at a commissioner's meeting next week.
He tells The Associated Press that they disagree with the jury's verdict.
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