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Jurors in federal court in Wichita today will begin hearing the first testimony in a trial over a claim that two Sedgwick County Jail deputies showed deliberate indifference to an inmate who died after becoming ill.
Terry Bruner, 46, wrongly suffered without medical help before he died a “completely preventable” death in 2008, says a lawsuit seeking $10 million when it was filed by his survivors in 2010. Attorneys on both sides made opening arguments on Wednesday.
The defendants contend that Bruner didn’t show serious medical problems.
An autopsy found that Bruner died of acute meningitis. Infection overwhelmed his body, and his brain swelled. He died at a Wichita hospital after being transferred from the jail.
