"Hang on, we need a Starbucks!"
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A former inmate who alleges her newborn died in the hospital after staff at a California jail was slow to respond to her medical emergency -- including stopping at Starbucks as they drove her to the hospital -- has been approved to receive a $480,000 settlement in her federal wrongful death lawsuit.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the settlement in a closed-door session. None of the board members commented on it during the public portion of the meeting. CNN has reached out to the board and the Orange County Sheriff's Department for comment.
Sandra Quinones was six months pregnant when she was incarcerated during March 2016 in the Orange County Jail, according to a complaint filed in 2020. When her water broke unexpectedly that month, she pushed the call button in her cell for two hours without a response, the suit alleges.
When jail staff responded, they "decided to transport Quinones to the hospital on a non-emergency basis" instead of calling an ambulance, the complaint alleges.
The jail staff "did not provide any medical treatment and, instead, stopped for Starbucks on the way to the hospital and made Quinones wait in the back of a van bleeding and in labor instead of transporting Quinones directly to the hospital," the complaint says.
Quinones gave birth at the hospital, but the baby soon died, leaving her with "severe and extreme post-traumatic stress disorder and depression," the document states. -
@Jolly said in "Hang on, we need a Starbucks!":
Would have been different if they were stopping for good coffee...
You drink chicory… I don’t think you have a lot of room to be critical…
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I'm not a big fan of chicory. That's an acquired taste, bally-hooed by the denizens of the Crescent City.
@Jolly said in "Hang on, we need a Starbucks!":
I'm not a big fan of chicory. That's an acquired taste, bally-hooed by the denizens of the Crescent City.
THANK YOU!
The first time we went to New Orleans, on our first morning, we went to Cafe du Monde for our morning coffee. Wow, talk about underwhelming. Surly staff, long line, so-so coffee, and the beignets, though good, were nothing special.
Gimme the Ruby Slipper any day for breakfast in New Orleans.
