WICHITA, Kan. (AP) _ The federal trial is scheduled to begin
this week in Wichita in the case of a jail inmate whose family is
suing two Kansas counties where he was held.

Relatives of 46-year-old Terry A. Bruner are seeking a total of
$10 million from Sedgwick and Stanton counties, where Bruner was
jailed. The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/wD3SMN ) that the
jail deputies said they didn't think Bruner was seriously ill when
he was incarcerated. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in
Wichita says Bruner died of streptococcal meningitis.

The family contends Bruner wrongly suffered without medical help
before he died a ``completely preventable'' death in 2008.

The jury will decide if two deputies showed ``deliberate
indifference'' to his serious medical needs. Or whether Bruner
didn't show serious medical problems.