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A University of Utah clinic has quietly settled a lawsuit with the family of an inmate who died after a dialysis provider didn't show up to give him treatment for two days
Attorney Robert Sykes said Thursday he can't reveal the details of the settlement reached last month due to a confidentiality agreement, but says Ramon C. Estrada's family is pleased.
The family previously settled a separate lawsuit with the Utah State Prison that cost the state $400,000.
Estrada died of an apparent heart attack related to kidney failure in April 2015, after two technicians switched shifts and no one showed up to give him treatment.
The inmate, who had been imprisoned on a rape conviction in August 2005, was to be paroled April 21, 2015.
University of Utah health care spokeswoman Kathy Wilets says officials regret the error and have taken steps to ensure it never happens again.