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Illinois Prisoner Awarded Over $822,000 For Hernia Care Denied by Wexford Health

Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Failure to Treat, Attorney Fee Awards, Attorney Fees (PLRA), Damages - Punitive

Illinois Prisoner Awarded Over $822,000 For Hernia Care Denied by Wexford Health by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   On April 2, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois denied relief to Wexford Health Sources, Inc., the private healthcare contractor for the state Department of Corrections …

Seventh Circuit Says Lack of Expert Testimony Dooms Illinois Prisoner’s Medical Neglect Claim

Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Failure to Treat, Expert Witnesses, Deliberate Indifference

Seventh Circuit Says Lack of Expert Testimony Dooms Illinois Prisoner’s Medical Neglect Claim by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit offered an Illinois state prisoner a hard lesson on July 27, 2023, affirming dismissal of his medical neglect claim against prison contractor …

Wexford Handbook Warns That Illinois Prisoners “Can Be Very Manipulative”

Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Inadequate Health Care Facilities

Wexford Handbook Warns That Illinois Prisoners “Can Be Very Manipulative” by A “Provider Handbook” for “Physicians, Psychiatrists, Dentists, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants” employed in Illinois state prisons by Wexford Health Sources warns that “[i]nmates can be very manipulative,” so healthcare workers are advised to “[n]ever take anything from or …

Almost $42,500 Awarded to Illinois Prisoner for Denial of Physical Therapy by Wellpath Nurse

Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023

Filed under: Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, Settlements

therapy. Coe eventually filed suit in the Court on November 28, 2017. Proceeding under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, he accused Pearson and her employer, DOC healthcare contractor Wexford Health Services ...

$450,000 Settlement to Illinois Prisoner Whose Untreated Boil Left Him Paraplegic

Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Settlements

$450,000 Settlement to Illinois Prisoner Whose Untreated Boil Left Him Paraplegic by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On August 17, 2021, after the IllinoisDepartment of Corrections (DOC) paid $450,000 to settle claims of medical neglect that cost him the use of his legs, a state prisoner successfully petitioned a federal …

Seventh Circuit Lets Wexford Skate from “Appalling” Treatment of Illinois Prisoner With Painful Anal Abscess and Fistula

Article • September 7, 2022

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Medical Misconduct, Failure to Treat

Seventh Circuit Lets Wexford Skate from “Appalling” Treatment of Illinois Prisoner With Painful Anal Abscess and Fistula by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss After an Illinois prisoner developed a painful anal abscess and fistula, his medical care was “appalling” and the prison healthcare system was “dysfunctional.” But that’s just …

Seventh Circuit Refuses to Hold Wexford Liable for Prisoner’s Pain from Medical Transports in “Black Box” Restraint

Article • July 11, 2022

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Injury -- Misc., Transportation, Restraints, Immunity/Liability

Seventh Circuit Refuses to Hold Wexford Liable for Prisoner’s Pain from Medical Transports in “Black Box” Restraint by David Reutter David M. Reutter For prison officials and healthcare providers who refused to grant an Illinois prisoner an exemption from wearing “black box restraints” during medical transport, a federal district court …

Seventh Circuit Vacates $8 Million Award to Illinois Prisoner Whose Cancer Metastasized Awaiting Wexford Doctors’ “Collegial Review”

Article • June 27, 2022

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Cancer, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

award to an Illinois prisoner against private prison healthcare contractor Wexford Health Sources for deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. See: Dean v. Wexford Health Sources, 2022 U.S ...

Illinois Department of Corrections Cancels Contract with Canteen Provider Keefe

Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022

Filed under: Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Contracts Dispute Act

Illinois Department of Corrections Cancels Contract with Canteen Provider Keefe by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On December 14, 2021, the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) canceled its contract with the Keefe Group as provider of prison commissary items. The next day, the state’s chief procurement officer, Ellen Daley, released …

Federal Court Sanctions Wexford for Discovery Abuse in Illinois Prisoner’s Suit

Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Discovery, Brady Rule violations

Federal Court Sanctions Wexford for Discovery Abuse in Illinois Prisoner’s Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 3, 2021, a federal court in Illinois granted a state prisoner’s motion for sanctions against Wexford Health Sources for responding to a specific discovery request by providing 272,000 pages of documents …

Seventh Circuit: No Case for Loss of Eye from Medical Neglect Because of Lack of Expert Testimony

Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Opinions and Expert Testimony

Seventh Circuit: No Case for Loss of Eye from Medical Neglect Because of Lack of Expert Testimony by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett A recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit highlights the importance of producing expert testimony to refute assertions made by defendant health …

Seventh Circuit Grudgingly Affirms Summary Judgment in Illinois’ Prisoner’s Suicide Lawsuit

Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Summary Judgment, Suicides

Seventh Circuit Grudgingly Affirms Summary Judgment in Illinois’ Prisoner’s Suicide Lawsuit by Dale Chappell But Highlights Negligence of DOC and Wexford Health Staff by Dale Chappell Hinting that “another area of law” may provide relief, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on August 9, 2021, affirmed summary …

Rodesky v. Wexford, IL, Jury Verdict, Medical Neglect, 2021

Brief • December 4, 2021

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Injury -- Misc., Diabetes, Failure to Treat

Rodesky v. Wexford, IL, Jury Verdict, Medical Neglect, 2021 1:15-cv-01002-JEH # 161 Page 1 of 2 E-FILED Saturday, 04 December, 2021 09:09:43 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD JURY VERDICT FORM 1. We, the jury, find as follows on Plaintiffs Eighth Amen dment claim against Randy Pfister: (Place an 11X …

$8.6 Million Award Against Wexford for Deliberate Indifference to Prisoner’s Kidney Cancer

Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Cancer, Settlements, Deliberate Indifference

$8.6 Million Award Against Wexford for Deliberate Indifference to Prisoner’s Kidney Cancer by An Illinois prisoner was awarded $11 million by a federal jury in a lawsuit alleging doctors with Wexford Health Sources, Inc. (Wexford), were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs by failing to treat his kidney cancer. …

Illinois Prisoner Gets Mixed Results in Appeal of Suit Against Wexford and Doctors

Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Failure to Treat

Illinois Prisoner Gets Mixed Results in Appeal of Suit Against Wexford and Doctors by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment to a Wexford Health Sources doctor. It affirmed the judgment granted to Wexford and another doctor. The …

Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois DOC Prisoner’s Suit Against Wexford Psychiatrist

Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

held that assistance of counsel likely would have changed the outcome of the summary judgment dismissal of a claim against a Wexford Health Services psychiatrist and reversed the dismissal. Illinois ...

Gill v. Curran, IL, Settlement, ADA Compliance, 2021

Brief • July 13, 2021

Filed under: Armor Correctional Health Services, Medication, Seizures, Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General), Bedding

Gill v. Curran, IL, Settlement, ADA Compliance, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ADAM GILL, Plaintiff, vs. MARK CURRAN, JOHN IDLEBURG, LAKE COUNTY EMPLOYEE/AGENT D. HOLLINGSWORTH (#1348), TARYN WEILER, MITESHKUMAR MODI, ALLA CHUKHRA Y, ALVARO ENCINAS, LAKE COUNTY EMPLOYEE/AGENT VARNER (#6310), JENNIFER LEE, …

Illinois Prisoner’s Negligence Lawsuit Alleging Injuries from Wart Treatment Timely Filed

Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect

Illinois Prisoner’s Negligence Lawsuit Alleging Injuries from Wart Treatment Timely Filed by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of state law negligence claims based upon a prisoner being forced to self-apply a medication that was not supposed to be dispensed …

Veal v. IDOC, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2021

Brief • June 8, 2021

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Pain, Failure to Treat, Deliberate Indifference

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Brady v. IDOC, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2021

Brief • May 11, 2021

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Deliberate Indifference

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