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Pregnant inmate miscarries when police stop at Starbucks, wins $480,000 settlement


Pregnant inmate miscarries when police stop at Starbucks, wins $480,000 settlement

Sandra Quinones claims officers did not call an ambulance. (representative image)

A woman in the United States has been awarded $480,000 (Rs 3.83 crore) for her complaint that she suffered a miscarriage when police taking her to hospital stopped at Starbucks en route, according to a report in LA time. The woman, Sandra Quinones, was pregnant and was in jail in Orange County for violating her probation in 2016 when the incident happened, the agency added. After the water broke, the 28-year-old asked the police to take her to the hospital but the delay cost her dearly.

Quinones, who is no longer in custody, claimed in the lawsuit that her treatment was delayed for two hours because of the actions of her deputies.

On Tuesday, the Orange County Board of Supervisors agreed to pay Quinones, now 34, a six-figure payment, LA Times added. But she must formally accept the settlement before it becomes final, according to the Orange County Register.

Quinones’ lawyer, Richard Herman, has said she is “dysfunctional”, homeless and even mentally ill but doesn’t give up. She alleges in her lawsuit that the police decided not to call an ambulance, then “acted with further willful indifference” to her medical needs by stopping at Starbucks.

The woman’s case was initially dismissed by a federal court in October 2020 but an appeals court reinstated it last year.

Quinones was hospitalized but her fetus did not survive, according to court records, according to New York Post. Her lawyer said she spent a long time in jail after the miscarriage.



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