EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - The estate of a Boonville man that died while in the Vanderburgh County Jail has filed a federal lawsuit against the Sheriff’s office.

Court records show 61-year-old Bobby Norman died from chest pains and hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, after spending thirteen days in the jail during the fall of 2023.

The estate says that Norman required medicine to manage his blood pressure, which was listed on the booking report.

In the filing, it’s said Norman’s family made several phone calls to the jail to complain about Norman not receiving the medications he needed.

The lawyers for the estate say on October 23, 2023 Norman started to feel sick and was unable to eat, then on October 28, 29, and 30 there were complaints of Norman having a “seizure or

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