A federal jury says Ottawa County, and three of its corrections officers are not liable for the death of a jail inmate more than five years ago.
50-year old Scott Meirs hanged himself in an isolation cell back in August of 2013. Two years later, his wife filed a wrongful death lawsuit accused the officers of "deliberate indifference."
This week, eight jurors ruled that the officers were not responsible for the inmate's death.
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