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Roland v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-11398 Document #: 1 Filed: 12/15/16 Page 1 of 5 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Tyrese Roland, Plaintiff, -vsWexford Health Sources, Inc., Jane Hyslop, Carol Sieliga, Sarah Mays, Adrian Bryant, …
"CMS"). Defendant Wexford and its insurers reserve the right to
disclose such infonnation as they deem necessary in the course of any subsequent lawsuit or
legal proceeding arising out of the facts
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, or as otherwise may be required
by law. The parties may disclose the tenns of this A.f,rreement as required by the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (heteinafter "CMS"). The patties and their insurers
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Luellen v. Schwarz, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case: 1:14-cv-08148 Document #: 118 Filed: 11/17/16 Page 1 of 39 PageID #:820 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION STEVEN TERRANCE LUELLEN, JR., Plaintiff, v. MARY DIANE SCHWARZ, WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES INC., DR. SALEH …
Gill v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-05160 Document #: 13 Filed: 11/07/16 Page 1 of 17 PageID #:55 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION TYRONE GILL (N-10443), Plaintiff, v. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., RANDY PFISTER, SALEH OBAISI, LATANYA WILLIAMS, and ALMA MARTIJA, ) …
Abdullah v. Wexford, IL, Merit Review, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-00920-NJR-DGW Document 12 Filed 11/04/16 Page 1 of 14 Page ID #37 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SALIK ABDULLAH, Plaintiff, vs. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, DR. LOUIS SCHICKER, VIPEN SHAH, MARK SCOTT, CHRISTINE BROWN, …
certify that on October 26, 2016, I electronically filed a
copy of the foregoing Third Amended Complaint with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF
system.
By: /s/Paul Patten
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Armbruster v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-00544-MAB Document 33 Filed 10/18/16 Page 1 of 17 Page ID #82 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EAST ST. LOUIS DIVISION GERRY ARMBRUSTER, Plaintiff, v. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC.; BHARAT SHAH; RON VITALE; LORETTA …
, 2016, I electronically filed Plaintiff’s File Amended
Complaint with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notifications of
such filings to all counsel of record.
/s/ Mark M
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Private Medical Contractors in Kentucky Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity by The Kentucky Court of Appeals held that a trial court improperly granted summary judgment to the defendants in a civil action alleging a prisoner received negligent medical care at the Hardin County Detention Center (HCDC). HCDC contracts with Southern …
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Richardson and Wyatt suggest respondent superior liability
pursuant to § 1983 against private corporations should not be foreclosed.
Privateprison employees and prison medical providers have frequent
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Arizona Fines Wexford SIOK for Neglect, Hep-C Exposure
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Arizona's Department of Corrections (ADC) disciplines privatecontractors like parents who banish teenagers to the cozy confines
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indifference by individual defendants, vicarious liability of CorrectionalMedicalCare, Inc. ("CMC"), and professional malpractice.
Peter D'Agostino, a prisoner in the Montgomery County Correctional Facility
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Lucas's mental state change was never called.
Medical services at the jail are contracted to Corizon, the nation's largest privateprisoner health care provider. Headquartered in St. Louis, Corizon--which
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Medical care at the facility was provided by Tennessee-based CorrectCareSolutions, LLC, which was also criticized by the BOP OIG report for its persistent short-staffing, which raised Correct-Cares
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Hollingsworth v. IDOC, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case: 1:15-cv-01595 Document #: 53 Filed: 09/06/16 Page 1 of 10 PageID #:142 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ARTERO HOLLINGSWORTH, Plaintiff, v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, LOGAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, SHERIDAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, WEXFORD MEDICAL CORPORATION, …
Advanced Correctional Healthcare’s Business Model Blamed for Prisoner Deaths, Injuries by The business model of Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc. (ACH) includes “severe cost control measures” and reliance on the company’s insurance provider to cover liability verdicts that result from inadequate medical care, according to lawsuits filed by the estates of …
was within Corizon policies and procedures.”
Lane County terminated its contract with Corizon in mid-2015, and CaliforniaForensicMedicalGroup now provides medical care at LCJ.
The county filed a cross
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with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which sent notification of such filing to
the following:
Brown & James
Kevin J. Adrian
800 Market Street, Ste. 1100
St. Louis, MO 63101
T: 314-242-5200
F: 314
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Williams v. Obaisi, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case: 1:15-cv-09207 Document #: 35 Filed: 08/25/16 Page 1 of 65 PageID #:395 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MICHAEL WILLIAMS (#K-65461) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. DR. SALEH OBAISI, WEXFORD HEALTH …
