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The mother of a 34-year-old New Jersey man found dead in his cell at the Morris County Correctional Facility has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the jail, claiming workers ignored the man’s serious medical conditions and should have taken him to a hospital. Damien Stefancik, a Passaic County resident, died in his cell on Nov. 27, 2021, of a pulmonary embolism that traveled from his leg to his heart, according to a lawsuit, which names Morris County, the sheriff’s office, and the jail as defendants. Stefancik’s “brother was told that he was left in his cell for hours, and that there was …