Massachusetts police officers ignored opioid-addicted inmate's cries for help before death, lawsuit claims.
"By late September 2018, Madelyn was suffering from infective endocarditis. Infective endocarditis is a life-threatening, but treatable, infection of the heart, usually involving one of the valves," according to the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts on behalf of Maura O'Neill, the administrator of Linsenmeir's estate.
"Why do you think you're gonna need to go to a hospital?" Zanazanian asks Linsenmeir, as she leans on a table. McNabb declined to comment on the lawsuit when reached by ABC News. Attempts to reach Zanazanian and Rodriguez were not successful as of Friday evening. Still without medical intervention, Linsenmeir was sent to the corrections center, where staffers"determined that Madelyn had a diagnosis of, among other things, 'alcohol abuse' and 'opioid abuse'" and treated her as an inmate who required detox, the lawsuit claims."There is so much stigma and bias with these cases, and that clearly played out in Maddie's case," O'Neill said.
Madelyn Ellen Linsenmeir, who suffered from drug addicition, shown with her son Ayden, who was born in 2014.The lawsuit says"WCC staff members told Madelyn that the situation was her own fault for using drugs."
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