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Two Illinois Jail Guards Indicted in 2011 'Take Down,' Death of Homeless Man

Article • August 5, 2016

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Jail Specific, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)

to be fingerprinted and to take his mugshot. A member of the jail's medical staff—then employed by private healthcare provider Correct Care Solutions, which has since been replaced by another private contractor ...

Illinois DOC Settles Lawsuit Over Mental Health Treatment

Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Contractor Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Disabled Prisoners, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Misdiagnosis, Malpractice, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Jail Specific, Americans with Disabilities Act, Due Process, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

Illinois DOC Settles Lawsuit Over Mental Health Treatment by Derek Gilna It took eight years but civil rights attorneys finally prevailed in a federal lawsuit against the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), entering into a settlement that requires prison officials to provide 11,000 mentally ill state prisoners with adequate mental …

Vaughn v. Griffin, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016

Brief • July 15, 2016

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Blind Prisoners, Vision, Failure to Treat, Need for Medical Consensus, Inadequate Health Care Facilities, Deliberate Indifference

Vaughn v. Griffin, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 2:15-cv-02047-HAB # 117 Page 1 of 26 E-FILED Friday, 15 July, 2016 04:45:44 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, URBANA DIVISION CHRISTOPHER VAUGHN, Plaintiff, v. SUSAN GRIFFIN; MARY JOHNSON KLEIN; …

Taylor v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016

Brief • June 17, 2016

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

Taylor v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case 3:14-cv-00122-NJR-DGW Document 102 Filed 06/17/16 Page 1 of 22 Page ID #493 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOlmIERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS FOR 1HE FAST ST . LOUIS DIVISION ~ DOUGlAS W. TAYLOR, #R69710 ) ) Plaintiff, -vsWEXFORD H.EALnI SOURCES, INC. …

Willis v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016

Brief • 2016

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Pain, Dental Care, Food, Inadequate Health Care Facilities, Deliberate Indifference

Willis v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT The undersigned, Wayne Willis, hereinafter "Plaintiff," being of lawful age,. for the sole consideration of $5,000.00 (five thousand and NO/100s) to the undersigned, does he:reby and for his heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns release, …

Wilder v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016

Brief • 2016

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

Wilder v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS In consideration of the payment to the undersigned of S43,000.00 (Forty Three Thousand Dollars & 00/000 Cents), the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, being of lawful age, does hereby release and forever discharge, Dr. Parthasarathi …

Rodriguez v. Hardy, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016

Brief • 2016

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Pain, Skeletal Injury, Failure to Treat, Need for Medical Consensus, Deliberate Indifference

Rodriguez v. Hardy, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS In consideration of the payment to the undersigned of $6,750.00 (SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS AND NO CENTS), the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, being oflawful age, does hereby release and forever discharge, Dr. …

Salcedo-Vasquez v. Nwaobasi, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016

Brief • 2016

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Pain, Skeletal Injury, Failure to Treat, Inadequate Health Care Facilities, Deliberate Indifference

Services (CMS) (this term includes any related agency representing Medicare's interests) determines that Medicare has an interest in the payment to Plaintiff under this settlement, Plaintiff agrees to (i ...

Silva v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016

Brief • 2016

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

; attorneys, insurers or the Internal Revenue Service. The parties may disclose the tenns of this Agreement as required by the Centers for Medicare and 'Medicaid Services (hereinafter ''CMS"). Defondant and its ...

Sims v. Schafer, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016

Brief • 2016

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

benefits for 24 months or longer, etc.). Nonetheless, if the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (this term includes any related agency representing Medicare's interests) determines that Medicare ...

Tucker v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016

Brief • 2016

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Vision, Failure to Treat, Cataract Surgery, Deliberate Indifference

institutions, insurers or the Internal Revenue Service. The Parties may disclose the terms of this Agreement as required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (hereinafter "CMS"). Defendant and its ...

Gomez v. Randle, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016

Brief • 2016

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Injury -- Misc., Failure to Treat, Infections, Deliberate Indifference

Gomez v. Randle, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016 EXECUTION VERSION CONFIDENTIAL UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION RAUL C. GOMEZ, Plaintiff, v. ANDRIA BACOT, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 1:11-cv-01793 Honorable Mary M. Rowland SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND …

Gonzalez v. Obaisi, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016

Brief • 2016

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Skeletal Injury, Brain Injury, Failure to Treat, Deliberate Indifference

of this :Agreement as required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (hereinafter "CMS"). Wexford and its insurers reserve the right to disclose such information as they deem necessary in the course of any ...

Foster v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016

Brief • 2016

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

the terms of this Agreement as required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 3 Id (hereinafter "CMS"). Defendant and its insurers reserve the right to disclose such information as they deem ...

Franklin v. Hardy, IL, Settlement, Transgender Medical Rights, 2016

Brief • 2016

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Transgender, Transgender Medical Procedures, Discrimination (Transgender), Failure to Protect (Transgender)

Services (hereinafter "CMS"). Defendant Releasees and their insurers reserve the right to disclose such information as they deem necessary in the course of any subsequent lawsuit or legal proceeding arising ...

Kirchner v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016

Brief • June 1, 2016

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

Kirchner v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case: 1:15-cv-06558 Document #: 13 Filed: 06/01/16 Page 1 of 17 PageID #:130 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ) v. ) ) WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., ) DR …

Mauldin v. Obaisi, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016

Brief • 2016

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

agreements. The parties may disclose the terms of this Agreement as required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (hereinafter "CMS"). Defendant and its insurers reserve the right to disclose ...

McDonald v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016

Brief • 2016

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

McDonald v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016 Ill In cons.ideration of the payment to the undersigned of seventy five thousand dollars and zct·o cents (S75,000), the receipt of ,vhich is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, being of lawful age, does hereby release and forever discharge, Parthasarathi Ghosh, !VtD. and Lipi.ng …

Taylor v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016

Brief • 2016

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

Taylor v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016 CONFIDENTIAL IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JOHN E. TAYLOR, JR., Plaintiff, v. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, et al. Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Nos. 11 C 7386, …

Thomas v. Gates, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016

Brief • 2016

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Pain, Dental Care, Failure to Treat, Infections, Inadequate Health Care Facilities, Deliberate Indifference

not received Social Security Disability Insurance benefits for 24 months or longer, etc.). Nonetheless, if the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (this term includes any related agency representing ...

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