Cranberry man sues county, prison for lack of medical care
A Cranberry Township man has filed a federal lawsuit against the county, the county prison, prison officials and the prison healthcare provider alleging they did not provide medical treatment for an injury he sustained before he was incarcerated in 2020, causing him to suffer a stroke.
Steven Knebel, 53, filed the suit April 29 through his attorney, Steven Casker of Zelienople, in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh seeking unspecified damages and a jury trial.
Named as defendants in the suit are the county, the prison, Warden Joseph DeMore, deputy wardens Jennifer Passarelli and Beau Sneddon, nine unnamed male and female corrections officers, health care provider Wexford Health Sources and two employees including registered nurse Shawnee Atkinson.
Knebel claims he was arrested May 2, 2020, in connection with an altercation with his neighbor and placed in the prison that day with a broken jaw and severed carotid artery he sustained when he was struck in the face during the altercation.
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