Pubdate: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 Source: Spokesman-Review (WA) Copyright: 2000 Cowles Publishing Company Contact: P.O. Box 2160 Spokane, WA 99210 Fax: (509) 459-5482 Website: http://www.spokesmanreview.com/ Forum: http://cg.zip2.com/spokane/scripts/community.dll?ep=1 Author: Associated Press SUIT FILED OVER WOMAN'S DEATH AT JAIL EPHRATA, Wash. _ A woman who died of a cocaine overdose while in custody at the Grant County Jail didn't get adequate medical treatment, even though jailers knew she was on drugs, a lawsuit claims. The suit, filed Monday in Chelan County Superior Court, alleges jailers bound Carrie Vinson Taueu's feet and hands and put her in a room at the jail, then didn't adequately supervise her. Taueu died Nov. 23, 1997, of a cocaine overdose after consuming paper packets of cocaine, Coroner Jerry Jasman concluded. The lawsuit is being forwarded to the county's insurance carrier, said Steve Hallstrom, deputy civil prosecutor. "She ingested cocaine and didn't tell us," Hallstrom said. "I'm not aware of anything that the county has done inappropriately." - --- MAP posted-by: Eric Ernst