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$450,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Heroin Withdrawal Death Suit

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2013

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Medical, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice. Location: New York.

In May, 2003, Prison Health Services (PHS) agreed to pay the family of Candace “Candy” Brown $450,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging inadequate medical care that resulted in Brown’s death.

Brown was arrested in 2000 and taken to New York’s Monroe County Jail. Shortly thereafter, she suffered from heroin withdrawal ...

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