The Valley Street jail, Manchester police and Elliot Hospital are named in a lawsuit filed on behalf of Fern Ornelas, a Manchester resident paralyzed last October at some point while he was under the care of one or more of the three organizations.

The lawsuit also names Hillsborough County Corrections Superintendent David Dionne, Police Chief David Mara and other corrections officers, jail nurses, hospital security guards and police officers who came in contact with Ornelas over a two-day period.
The 71-page suit was filed late last week by attorney David P. Angueira of Swartz & Swartz of Boston.
It lays out the altercations and injuries that Ornelas suffered at both the hospital and jail. And it claims his symptoms were ignored by law enforcement, jail officers and medical professionals as he was moved from hospital to police station to jail.
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Mr. Swartz, our Managing and Principal Attorney at Swartz & Swartz P.C., is a nationally recognized and respected trial attorney as well as consumer advocate. His practice focuses on cases involving negligence, torts, products liability, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and other claims involving catastrophic injuries.

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