Mobile county settles now-paralyzed ex-inmate’s lawsuit for $800K

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August 25, 2018

An Alabama county has settled a lawsuit with a former inmate who was paralyzed during a fight with a corrections officer in 2015.

Jay Ross, an attorney for Mobile County, tells WKRG-TV that the county settled with Brandon Jefferies for $800,000 on behalf of the county commission and sheriff’s office.Jefferies, then 18, was living at a mental health facility in 2015 when he was arrested and charged with assault.

He fought with a corrections officer while in jail and was paralyzed from his injuries.

The settlement will be paid out from the county’s general fund.
(Associated Press, copyright 2018)

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