Jail Medical Neglect • Police Misconduct • Wrongful Death
Justice for the Most Serious Cases
When lives are shattered by medical neglect in jail, police misconduct, or wrongful death in custody, you need an attorney with the experience, resources, and dedication to fight the most powerful defendants. With over 35 years of proven success and millions recovered for clients, Don Tittle takes on the cases others won't, and wins.
Experience You Can Trust.
AN ADVOCATE IN THE COURTROOM.
AN ADVOCATE IN CIVIL RIGHTS.
Don Tittle brings over 35 years of distinguished legal experience to every case. As a former prosecutor with the Dallas District Attorney's office, he understands both sides of the courtroom and uses this knowledge to build winning strategies for his clients.
Since establishing his firm in 1993, Don has earned recognition as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers and has achieved five cases listed among Texas Lawyer's annual Top Texas Verdicts & Settlements since 2010.
Unlike most firms, we excel in handling both civil and criminal matters, providing our clients with comprehensive legal representation when they need it most.
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Our Mission
Accountability
Holding counties and private correctional healthcare companies accountable for wrongful death and jail medical neglect is our mission. After three decades of practicing law in and around the criminal justice system, the Law Offices of Don Tittle, PLLC, has gained a wealth of knowledge concerning the manner in which jails and prisons operate. Because we have seen everything, we know where to look to find the critical evidence that counties and private healthcare correctional companies don’t want you to know.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are your constitutional rights?
The Eighth Amendment protects inmates from cruel and unusual punishment, which includes deliberate indifference to serious medical needs. When correctional facilities fail to provide adequate medical care, they violate these fundamental constitutional rights. If you or a loved one suffered medical neglect in custody, you have the right to seek justice. Experienced civil rights attorneys understand correctional healthcare systems and work to hold these institutions accountable for their failures.
What is considered medical neglect in jail?
Correctional facilities have a constitutional duty to provide adequate medical care to inmates. When this duty is breached, the consequences can be devastating—and often fatal. Medical neglect in custody represents one of the most serious violations of an individual's civil rights.
Medical neglect occurs when jail staff knowingly fail to provide necessary medical care to inmates, despite being aware of serious health needs. This deliberate indifference can affect individuals who enter custody with pre-existing conditions, those who develop medical issues while incarcerated, or inmates who suffer injuries from violence or accidents.
The confined environment of correctional facilities creates unique health risks, making prompt and adequate medical response even more critical. When facilities fail in this duty, inmates suffer—sometimes with fatal consequences.
What are the most common forms of medical neglect in jail?
Common types of medical neglect include:
- Medication denial: Withholding or stopping essential prescriptions for chronic, mental health, or pain-related conditions.
- Ignoring critical symptoms: Dismissing signs of serious illness, such as chest pain, breathing problems, severe infections, or neurological issues.
- Untreated infections: Allowing infections to worsen without proper treatment.
- Emergency care delays: Failing to provide urgent medical attention during time-sensitive crises like strokes or heart attacks.
- Inadequate chronic care: Not monitoring or treating conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, or kidney disorders.
- Mental health neglect: Ignoring psychiatric emergencies, suicidal ideation, or failing to provide necessary mental health treatment.
Why is fighting unlawful actions in jail critical?
People in custody depend entirely on jails for medical care and safety, making them highly vulnerable to abuse and neglect. When unlawful actions go unchallenged, they become normalized—leading to dismissed medical emergencies, ignored injuries, mishandled mental health crises, unreported sexual assaults, and preventable deaths.
Fighting these violations breaks the cycle of institutional abuse. Civil rights lawsuits drive reforms like better medical protocols, suicide prevention, staff training, oversight, and accountability. Holding jails responsible also protects families and communities, reduces taxpayer burden, and creates legal precedent—because justice delayed often means justice denied.
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Justice Delayed is Justice Denied
The window for holding correctional institutions accountable is limited. Evidence can be destroyed, witnesses can disappear, and statutes of limitations can expire. The longer unlawful actions go unchallenged, the harder it becomes to achieve justice and prevent future harm.
Every case we win creates legal precedent that strengthens protections for all inmates. Court victories establish binding obligations for correctional facilities and provide other attorneys with powerful tools to fight similar injustices. This cumulative effect means each individual case contributes to broader systemic reform.
Don't let constitutional violations go unchallenged. Contact The Law Offices of Don Tittle today at 214-522-8400 for a free consultation. We have the experience, resources, and determination to take on even the most powerful correctional institutions and win.
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