HOUSTON -- Harris County will pay $3 million to a woman whose schizophrenic son died while he was in the custody of deputies.
Shirley Nagel sued the county after her son died in 2005.
Precinct One deputies were serving a mental health warrant and said Joel Don Casey resisted. Deputies Tasered him 18 times and his hands and feet were bound.
The medical examiner said Casey died from psychotic delirium and heart disease that was impacted during the restraint.
Nagel won her suit in 2009 and the county appealed, but an appeals court upheld the ruling Tuesday.
Shirley Nagel sued the county after her son died in 2005.
Precinct One deputies were serving a mental health warrant and said Joel Don Casey resisted. Deputies Tasered him 18 times and his hands and feet were bound.
The medical examiner said Casey died from psychotic delirium and heart disease that was impacted during the restraint.
Nagel won her suit in 2009 and the county appealed, but an appeals court upheld the ruling Tuesday.
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