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Mitts v. Shicker, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2014

Brief • 2014

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Cancer, Gastrointestinal, Failure to Treat, Liver, Inadequate Health Care Facilities, Deliberate Indifference

Mitts v. Shicker, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2014 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JOECEPHUS MITTS, #N-83084 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, V. OBADINA, ET AL ) ) ) ) Defendants. CauseNo.3:ll-cv-00398 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAJMS The undersigned, …

Neely v. Randle, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2014

Brief • 2014

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

Neely v. Randle, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2014 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release of Claims ("Agreement") is entered into between JUAN NEELY, his successors, assigns, agents, heirs, executors, administrators, beneficiaries and all others through him ("Plaintiff') and DR. SYLVIA MAHONE, DR. JON GARDNER, DR. …

Norwood v. Obaisi, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2014

Brief • 2014

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

by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 13-cv-3010 Page 5 (hereinafter "CMS"). Defendant and its insurers reserve the right to disclose such information as they deem necessary in the course of any ...

Hernandez v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2014

Brief • 2014

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

Hernandez v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2014 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Agreement") is entered into between ROBERT HERNANDEZ, his successors, assigns, agents, heirs, executors, administrators, beneficiaries and all others through him (hereinafter "Plaintiff') and WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES INC. AND IMHOTEP CARTER (hereinafter "Defendants"), to …

Beard v. Obaisi, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2014

Brief • 2014

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

) ) ) The undersigned attorney states and says that he served the foregoing Document upon the individual(s) listed below via the court’s CM/ECF system to: Jennifer M. Lutzke Assistant Attorney General Office ...

Norwood v. Obaisi, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2014

Brief • May 30, 2014

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

of action against Defendant Wexford Health Services, Inc., Plaintiff, Lawrence Norwood states as follows: 35. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., a/k/a Wexford Health Sources is a foreign corporation registered ...

Seventh Circuit: Prisoner with Back Condition Stated Claim for Fall from Upper Bunk

Article • May 20, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Injury -- Misc., Eighth Amendment

;s summary judgment order were affirmed. See: Withers v. Wexford Health Services, Inc., 710 F.3d 688 (7th Cir. 2013). Following remand, the district court entered summary judgment in favor ...

Dabbs v. Fenoglio, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2014

Brief • April 22, 2014

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

to counsel of record via this Court’s CM/ECF electronic filing system. /s/ Corey M. Schaecher 8 ...

Zeigler v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2014

Brief • March 20, 2014

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

PageID #:185 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on March 20, 2014, I caused true and correct copies of the foregoing Raymond Zeigler’s Amended Complaint to be served via the Court’s CM/ECF ...

Williams v. Godinez, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2014

Brief • March 7, 2014

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

. RABIDEAU, ANNA ) MCBEE, ROYCE BROWN-REED) WEXFORD HEALTH SERVICES) INC., DR. ANTON DUBRICK, ) DR. IMHOTEP CARTER, DR. ) SALEH OBAISI, and LATOYA ) WILLIAMS, ) Defendants. ) Case No. 13-cv-8797 Judge St. Eve ...

Franklin v. Hardy, IL, Complaint, Transgender Medical Rights, 2013

Brief • December 19, 2013

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

Franklin v. Hardy, IL, Complaint, Transgender Medical Rights, 2013 Case: 1:12-cv-02970 Document #: 125 Filed: 12/19/13 Page 1 of 24 PageID #:477 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION In the Matter of Jose Franklin also known as Monica Franklin Plaintiff, Case Number: 12 CV …

Clingingsmith v. Ballard, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2013

Brief • December 10, 2013

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Skeletal Injury, Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General)

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 insurers reserve the right ...

Hunger Striking Illinois Jail Prisoner Dies

Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013

Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Medical, Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

after showing signs of weight loss. She had refused to eat or drink since entering the facility. Employees of Correct Care Solutions, which has a $2 million annual contract to provide medical services ...

Baker v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2013

Brief • September 23, 2013

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

#: 13 Filed: 09/23/13 Page 17 of 17 PageID #:237 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Claudette P. Miller, an attorney, certify that on September 20, 2013, the foregoing document was served on all CM/ECF ...

How Privatization Destroyed an Illinois Jail's Award-winning Suicide Prevention Program

Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013

Filed under: Private Prisons, Health Professionals, Ltd., Suicides

outsourced mental health services to Health Professionals Ltd. (HPL), a private company based in Peoria, Illinois. Yet this has not stopped suicides and other deaths at the jail. There is a current debate ...

Brantley v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2013

Brief • August 28, 2013

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect

PROFESSIONAL, LTD., and LOWELL BROWN, M.D., the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, I do hereby fully and forever release, remise, and acquit, WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., and HEALTH ...

Seventh Circuit Remands Illinois Prisoner's Hernia Case for New Trial

Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013

Filed under: Private Prisons, Wexford Health Services, Private Contractors, Hernias, Failure to Treat

Seventh Circuit Remands Illinois Prisoner's Hernia Case for New Trial by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held on August 10, 2012 that a district court's jury instructions concerning deliberate indifference in a prisoner's lawsuit were misleading and prejudicial, and therefore required a new trial. In November 2004, Illinois River …

Seventh Circuit Remands Case Concerning Treatment of Prisoner's Hemorrhoids

Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013

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

Seventh Circuit Remands Case Concerning Treatment of Prisoner's Hemorrhoids by On July 23, 2012, after expediting a prisoner's appeal, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the district court to likewise act promptly following remand. The appellate court said such action was necessary because the plaintiff was experiencing "excruciating pain" …

Neely v. Randle, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2013

Brief • June 20, 2013

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

Neely v. Randle, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2013 Case: 1:12-cv-02231 Document #: 110 Filed: 06/20/13 Page 1 of 33 PageID #:449 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION JUAN NEELY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) MICHAEL P. RANDLE, FORMER DIRECTOR …

TransCor May Face Punitive Damages for Prisoner's Death

Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Transport Companies, Exposure to Heat, Damages

TransCor May Face Punitive Damages for Prisoner's Death by Christopher Zoukis TransCor America, LLC, a for-profit prisoner transportation company and subsidiary of Corrections Corporation ...

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