City of Venice, CA

Venice City Council approved a $370,000 settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a man whose wife killed herself while in jail in 2003.

Elizabeth Stebbins, a mother of two who suffered for years from alcoholism and depression, was found to have committed suicide in her prison cell on December 7, 2003. Her husband, Karl, claims Venice police officers failed to tell Sarasota County corrections officers that she had stopped taking her medication and had attempted suicide in the past, conditions that he clearly explained to the arresting officers. It is further alleged that the county was negligent for failing to repair its cell monitoring cameras, which were broken at the time of the incident. (Mar-30-06) [HERALD TRIBUNE]

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