Family of Ethan Taylor alleges sheriff, jailers, medical contractor failed to follow policies, provide help A court date has been set for October in a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit filed in connection with the December 30, 2023 death of Ethan Taylor at the Pierce County Jail. Taylor, 21, was a resident of the Offerman area. The 33-page suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia in July of last year. A court date has been tentatively set for October 8 in federal court. While rumors of a pending case have circulated for weeks, The Times independently verified the information over the weekend by obtaining federal court records through the government’s PACER records system. Plaintiffs Robert Taylor and Rebecca Lastinger, Ethan Taylor’s parents, and Kayla Herrin and Kyla Thornton, mothers of Ethan Taylor’s children, are plaintiffs in the case. The plaintiffs filed suit against Pierce County, Sheriff Ramsey Bennett, Jailers Johnny Malone (misidentified as Mizell in the original filing), Clifford Mosley and Germiska McGauley-Miles and the jail’s medical services contractor, Faith Family Practice, LLC, including Dr. Clay Lee, Dr. Jerry Mullis, PA-C Bradley Page and LPN Chanda Shubert. According to the filing, Taylor was arrested at 9:26 p.m. December 27, 2023 by the Blackshear Police Department on Bowen Road near Southern Crown Distributors on parole violation charges. Taylor was lying in a ditch with a shotgun and a pistol. He was…
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