The family of a Connecticut prison inmate who died of bacterial meningitis has filed a lawsuit alleging prison officials allowed him to suffer for more than a week before sending him to a doctor.

The malpractice and negligence lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, was filed in Superior Court this month by the estate of Anthony Pedraza after being approved in April by the state’s claims commissioner, who must sign off on any litigation against the state.

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