A former inmate at the federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, claims in a lawsuit that he was left untreated for days after suffering a paralyzing injury.
The lawsuit filed last week on behalf of Brent Kehler, 58, names several prison officers and medical staff. He was serving a sentence for distributing methamphetamine when he slipped and fell in 2019. The lawsuit says the fall eventually left Kehler unable to move or feel anything below his abdomen.
Doctors later performed surgery but he remained paralyzed.
