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$625,000 settlement approved in wrongful death suit involving Hampton Roads Regional Jail inmate

"The suit was filed in June 2017 by the family of Henry Clay Stewart, an inmate who died Aug. 6, 2016, because of internal bleeding from a perforated stomach ulcer. Inmates at the Portsmouth facility said that on Aug. 5, 2016, or the day after, Stewart 'appeared not to be breathing and was foaming at the mouth,' according to the lawsuit. The suit alleged that correctional officers and medical staff provided Stewart with inadequate and delayed care in response."

Richmond Times-Dispatch

July 24, 2018