In a tragic case filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Jeanne Wood, the mother of Gayle Halee Gieger, has brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Southern Health Partners, Inc. The complaint alleges that the negligence of Southern Health Partners led to the suicide of her daughter, who was an inmate at Tift County Jail. Gieger, who suffered from mental illness, reportedly did not receive adequate medical care and supervision from the jail’s contracted medical provider. The lawsuit highlights several failures by Southern Health Partners to provide necessary psychiatric medications and respond to her deteriorating mental state, ultimately resulting in her untimely death. Plaintiff seeks damages for the full value of Gieger’s life.
Source: 725cv00122_Jeanne_Wood_v_Southern_Health_Complaint_Northern_District_of_Georgia.pdf
