"The three children of the woman found earlier this year in a Lemon Grove ditch have sued the San Diego County Sheriff's Office for allegedly ignoring pleas for help. Irma Perez Espinoza, 43, died in August. The lawsuit accuses the department of lying and negligence in Espinoza's wrongful death. It also alleges that a longstanding failure to properly supervise deputies contributed to Espinoza's suffering, among other accusations."
"It was foreseeable that a woman left alone in a weakened state with no food or water would be unable to defend herself, the filing says. It was foreseeable that leaving someone in a ditch would cause her to suffer from exposure and die. A representative for the Sheriff's Office declined comment. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court by attorneys Eugene Iredale and Julia Yoo. It asks for a jury trial to determine an unspecified amount of damages."
"Dispatch records note that someone in late July reported a woman sitting in ditch who has not had food or water. Yet while a sheriff's vehicle did pull up to the area, it soon backed up and drove off without anyone stepping outside, according to a neighbor named Richard Quinones. When that neighbor reached back out to say the woman remained in the ditch, Quinones said he got a call directly from someone at the Sheriff's Office. She's a transient, that person allegedly said,"
The three children of Irma Perez Espinoza filed a federal lawsuit accusing the San Diego County Sheriff's Office of lying, negligence and failing to properly supervise deputies in her wrongful death. The suit alleges deputies ignored pleas for help and that it was foreseeable a weakened, unfed woman left in a ditch would be unable to defend herself and could die from exposure. Dispatch records show a late-July report of a woman without food or water; deputies briefly arrived but left without assisting. Neighbors say a sheriff's representative dismissed Espinoza as a transient. Espinoza was hospitalized days later and autopsy found hypothermia.
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