A jury deadlocked Aug. 20 in the civil suit brought after the train-collision death of Bret Breunig.
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Breunig was requesting treatment at Loma Linda University Medical Center for an infected leg, the complaint says. Hospital employees called sheriff’s deputies to remove him.
Breunig was dropped off in the San Timoteo Canyon by San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies on Aug. 18, 2021—where he was fatally hit by a train.
Breunig’s mother, Deborah Moller, accused the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department of eight causes of action, including failure to protect, creating a danger, and violation of Health