• Medical reports, both jail and outside hospital records, can be a source of vital information about the events and medical conditions a person had prior to passing away. Often times the family members of a loved one are provided very little information by County and jail officials under what is seemingly a cloak of secrecy. That is why it is vital to have an experienced attorney with a strong medical background who understands medical terminology and who can piece together what happened to an inmate prior to his expiration. Also, medical charting notes are frequently written in a ”CYA” manner especially when there is clear medical neglect on the part of the medical staff. Therefore, medical records can be very helpful when putting together a factual narrative explaining what medical care an inmate should have been given long before the inmate drops dead in his cell and a man-down is called.