PITTSBURGH — The family of a jail inmate who died earlier this year is suing the jail and its health care provider.

Tiara Smart, one of the children of 39-year-old Frank Smart Jr., of Pittsburgh, filed the wrongful death lawsuit Friday against Allegheny County Jail and Corizon Health over Smart’s death.

The complaint alleges that Smart’s requests for medication were ignored and that he was handcuffed and shackled while having a seizure. He was taken to UPMC Mercy, where he died Jan. 5.

George Kontos, Tiara Smart’s attorney, said the jail failed its duty to provide for Smart’s safety.

The county medical examiner ruled that Smart died from his seizure disorder, but that being restrained was a “significant condition” in his death.