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against the prison health care company,
EMSA Correctional Care, Inc., in state court. The trial court dismissed,
finding that Seale had exceeded the one-year statute of limitations in
filing her lawsuit
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. After the defendants filed motions for summary judgment, the court found that genuine issues of material fact existed solely for plaintiff Freddie Mills.
Mills' claim grew from CMS's failure to provide
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of epilepsy and
brought his medication with him to the jail. A doctor employed by
defendant PrisonHealthServices ordered the prisoner to have his
medication.
The prisoner was denied the medication
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CMS Doctor Not Liable for Delaying Bone Graft
by
The plaintiff saw a specialist who said he needed a bone graft procedure
immediately, and the prison doctor defendant recommended that he get
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Failure to Provide Medical Records Waives Florida's Medical Malpractice Pre-Suit Requirements by Failure to Provide Medical Records Waives Florida's Medical Malpractice Pre-Suit Requirements Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal has held that a Palm Beach Circuit Court improperly dismissed a prisoner's medical malpractice suit for failing to comply with pre-suit …
FL Jail Pays $500,000 in Medical Neglect Suit by The court of appeals for the Eleventh circuit upheld a jury verdict against the Escambia county Road Prison in Florida for $500,000 in favor of a prisoner denied medical care. The plaintiff fractured his hip ball socket and was repeatedly denied …
with MCDC's medical contractor, PrisonHealthServices. Dr. Daniels
diagnosed Tessier with pleurtis, a begnign condition, and ordered he be
given a chest x-ray and motrin. About 5:00 p.m. on May 20, Tessier
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reversed the district court's decision and remanded the case for further
proceedings. See: Ancata v. PrisonHealthServices, Inc., 769 F.2d 700
(11th Cir. 1985).
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Failure to Accommodate Blind Prisoner Violates ADA
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A Florida federal district court has held that a private medical
contractor, EMSA Correctional Care, Inc. (EMSA), and Sheriff Ken Jenne
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.
The Circuit Court's order was affirmed. See: PrisonHealthServices v. The
Lakeland Ledger Publishing Company, 718 So.2d 204 (Fla. 2nd Dist. 1998).
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Florida's PrivatePrison Industry Corporation Sues Spinoff
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Florida's privateprison industry corporation, Prison Rehabilitation Industries and a Diversified Enterprises (PRIDE), has sued
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of Corrections (FDOC) rebid the contract on October 20, 2006, PHS won again ? but now with a bid for $707 million.
Low-bidder WexfordHealthServices protested the contract award, citing its bid of $689 million
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Florida Prison Canteen Operators Offices Raided by David Reutter Florida Prison Canteen Operator's Offices Raided by David M. Reutter Agents from the FBI and Florida Department of Law Enforcement raided the office of American Institutional Services (AIS) on June 7, 2006 and seized the companys business records. AIS ran weekend …
Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control by David Reutter Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control by David M. Reutter When first created in 1999, Florida's Civil Commitment Center (FCCC) was hyped as a place to house sexually violent predators for protection of the public while providing …
Board of Commissioners Clears PHS In Three Leon County (Florida) Jail Deaths by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg After three jail deaths between May 2003 and October 2004, the Leon County Board of Commissioners met to consider the Sheriff's reports on the three deaths and any implications regarding the …
., and EMSA--a subsidiary of the infamously inept PrisonHealthServices (PHS)--in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. She alleged cruel and unusual
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Florida County Bucks Paying $300,000 in Prisoner Medical Bills by Florida's Brevard County has been sued by three local hospitals seeking payment for medical care rendered to prisoners who incurred injuries during their arrests. The County refused to pay, arguing the detainees technically were not in custody at the time …
ArmorCorrectionalHealthServices: A New Company Blossoming with Political Payback
by David Reutter
by David M. Reutter
A recently-formed Florida prison healthcare corporation is blossoming
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not cause Kings death. The jury therefore awarded no damages.
EMSA is a subsidiary of PrisonHealthServices, which has been implicated in the deaths of prisoners nationwide due to neglect, non-treatment
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