Wilbon v. Hunsicker

On June 5, 2000, at around 1:15 p.m., Baltimore City police officers took Joseph Wilbon into custody for an alleged attempted theft of a vehicle. Later, at about 2:30 p.m., the police transported Wilbon to the emergency room because his behavior was bizarre and indicated that he required medical attention. Wilbon suffered a seizure while waiting for treatment in the emergency room and was pronounced dead at 3:30 p.m. The cause of death was a cardiac arrhythmia.

Wilbon’s daughter, Nicole Wilbon, then filed suit, individually and as the personal representative of Wilbon’s estate, against the…