Love v. Franklin Cnty., Kentucky, 376 F. Supp. 3d 740, 743 (E.D. Ky. 2019)
On May 15, 2017, Plaintiff Kelsey Love was incarcerated in Franklin County Regional Jail (FCRJ). Love, a pretrial detainee, was eight months pregnant at the time. Id. Because of her pregnancy, Defendants were under orders to observe Love every ten minutes. The Inmate Observation Record Love filed with Love's complaint, if believed, indicates the Defendants checked on her semi-regularly throughout May 15, 2017 and into the morning of May 16, 2017, though not every ten minutes, as instructed. Love went into labor sometime during May 15, 2017. Somehow, despite frequent looking-ins, Love was allowed to give birth, unassisted and without medical care, in her jail cell. When Defendant Phillips entered Love's cell at approximately 8:04 a.m. on May 16, 2017, Love's blood covered the floor. Love had completed labor and delivered a child. Only then was Love transported to Franklin Regional Medical Center.
Pool v. Sebastian Cnty., Ark., 418 F.3d 934 (8th Cir. 2005)
County inmate sued jail officials under § 1983, alleging that her miscarriage resulted from officials' deliberate indifference to her serious medical needs in violation of Eighth Amendment.
Kent v. Collin Cnty., Texas, (E.D. Tex. Mar. 29, 2022)
She alleges that the failure of Collin County, Wellpath, and these medical professionals to provide her proper prenatal care caused her to suffer a miscarriage resulting in the death of her unborn child.
Steel v. Alameda County Sheriff's Office, 428 F. Supp. 3d 235 (N.D. Cal. 2019)
Allegations of mother and infant, who was born while mother was a pretrial detainee, that jail facility was not equipped with labor and delivery rooms or with other necessary and basic equipment and facilities needed to care for women in childbirth, that medical provider's staff were not trained in caring for women in childbirth, and that sheriff's office knew its de facto policy of denying potentially costly procedures to detainees might lead to constitutional violation because of regulations aimed at mitigating risk of serious injury to pregnant women in jail were sufficient to plead the policy manifested deliberate indifference to their constitutional rights, as required for § 1983 claims for inadequate medical care against office and county. 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983.
Cooper v. Rogers, 968 F. Supp. 2d 1121 (M.D. Ala. 2013).
Evidence was insufficient to establish that jail officials' deliberate indifference to pregnant state prisoner's serious medical needs caused her miscarriage, as required to support her § 1983 claim against officials for violation of her Eighth Amendment rights; prisoner presented no evidence that miscarriage occurred while in jail custody, that the stress of being in jail, lack of prenatal care, or failure to feed her fruits and other nutritious foods resulted in the miscarriage, or that miscarriage would have been prevented if she had received medical attention the first time she asked to see a doctor. U.S.C.A. Const.Amend. 8; 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983.
Shultz v. Allegheny County, 835 F. Supp. 2d 14 (W.D. Pa. 2011).
Allegations that inmate who died after developing bacterial pneumonia while pregnant had complained of symptoms involving her breathing and lungs to jail personnel but was told to "stick it out," that she feared impending death and communicated that to officials and her mother, that her condition progressed to the point where she had difficulty breathing and had discharge from her lungs, that she was taken to the infirmary with additional symptoms, including nausea and vomiting, which had been present for several days, that she was treated for influenza without taking cultures or other testing, that there was no outbreak of the flu within prison, that her condition did not improve, that she continued to complain of difficulty breathing and lung discharge, that officials noted she was able to rest comfortably, that she was taken to a medical facility intensive care, and that tests were performed there, but that her condition had already progressed to point where it was fatal were sufficient to plead deliberate indifference to her serious medical need, as required for § 1983 action by administratrix of inmate's estate against county and prison official, alleging violations of the Eighth Amendment. U.S.C.A. Const.Amend. 8; 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983.
Pool v. Sebastian County, Ark., 418 F.3d 934 (8th Cir. 2005).
Facts alleged by county inmate, including that she had informed jail officials she was pregnant, bleeding, and passing blood clots, and that she was in extreme pain from cramping to point that it affected her ability to perform routine daily functions such as eating and showering, if proven, indicated that inmate had need for medical attention that would have been obvious to layperson, even if inmate was not visibly pregnant, and thus indicated that she had serious medical need for purposes of her Eighth Amendment claim for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs. U.S.C.A. Const.Amend. 8.
