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Prison Health Care Provider under Fire in Illinois by Christopher Zoukis In 2011, the State of Illinois signed a 10-year, $1.36 billion contract with Wexford Health Sources, a for-profit company, to provide medical services to Illinois prisoners. Since the contract went into effect there have been numerous complaints concerning the …
Woodson v. Quinn, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2013 Case 3:13-cv-00240-GCS Document 6 Filed 05/06/13 Page 1 of 51 Page ID #118 IN THE UNITED STATES DIST RICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DIST RICT OF ILLI NOI S DWAYNE M. WOODSON, #N- 1039 2 Plai nt iff, ) ) ) ) …
in expanded immigration detention, as operating detention facilities has become a significant source of revenue for privateprison firms like Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), GEO Group and Management
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an appearance on WexfordHealthService’s behalf, Plaintiff may send defense counsel interrogatories (that is, a
list of questions) eliciting information regarding the identity of the unnamed nurses
who allegedly
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Watkins v. Ghosh, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2013 Case: 1:11-cv-01880 Document #: 148 Filed: 03/12/13 Page 1 of 7 PageID #:1155 #12078 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ERIC WATKINS, Plaintiff, v. PARTHA GHOSH MD, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Foster v. Ghosh, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2013 Case: 1:11-cv-05623 Document #: 76 Filed: 02/26/13 Page 1 of 6 PageID #:196 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION TONY FOSTER, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, …
contractor, Corizon, Inc., of serious constitutional violations,” Zahn wrote. She even claimed that dissemination of Stern’s findings would amount to libel.
However, lead plaintiffs’ attorney Allison Blackman
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Mitts v. Shicker, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2013 Case 3:11-cv-00398-JPG-PMF Document 78 Filed 01/22/13 Page 1 of 10 Page ID #509 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JOECEPHUS MITTS, #N-83084 Plaintiff, v. LOUIS SHICKER, DENNIS LARSON, JILL WAHL, CHRISTINE BROWN, NIKKI MALLEY Defendants. ) …
Gay v. Chandra, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2013 Case 3:10-cv-00336-NJR-DGW Document 77 Filed 01/11/13 Page 1 of 9 Page ID #257 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS ANTHONY GAY, B62251, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, vs. RAKESH CHANDRA, M.D., Defendant. Cause …
Cotts v. Osafa, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2012 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS In consideration of the payment to the undersigned of $13,000.00 (THIRTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NO CENTS), the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, being of lawful age, does hereby release and forever discharge, WEXFORD HEAL TH …
Echezarreta v. Kemmeren, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2012 Case: 3:10-cv-50092 3:10-cv-50092 Document Document #: #: 91-1 102 Filed: Case: Filed: 12/21/12 12/18/12 Page Page 11 of of 18 18 PageID PageID #:575 #:488 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION MODESTO ECHEZARRETA, Plaintiff, vs. JOANNA KEMMEREN, ROGER …
Quinn v. Hardy, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2012 Case: 1:11-cv-01173 Document #: 45 Filed: 10/23/12 Page 1 of 4 PageID #:426 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION SAMUEL QUINN, Plaintiff, v. MARCUS HARDY, PARTHASARATHI GHOSH, and WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., Defendants. ) …
, a Pennsylvania state jury slapped PrisonHealthServices (PHS) with a $400,000 verdict for inadequate medical care of a prisoner at State Correctional Institution (SCI) Albion. The award was reduced to $312,000
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Unfortunately, like other privateprison medical care companies, Wexford has a poor track record in terms of placing profits over adequate treatment for prisoners. [See: PLN, June 2011, p.12; Dec. 2010, p.27; Nov
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Ford v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2012 Case: 1:12-cv-04558 Document #: 11 Filed: 08/29/12 Page 1 of 86 PageID #:85 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Hundley Lynn Ford, Jr., Plaintiff, v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., S. A. Godinez, Marcus Hardy, Darryl Edwards, …
Little v. Williams, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2012 Case: 1:10-cv-06231 Document #: 66 Filed: 07/12/12 Page 1 of 25 PageID #:422 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS DERRELL C. LITTLE, Plaintiff, vs. LATONY A WILLIAMS, DR. PARTHASARATHI GHOSH, and DR. LIPING ZHANG, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) …
Class-Action Settlement Cures Constitutional Violations at Pennsylvania Prison by A settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit challenging conditions at Pennsylvania’s Northumberland County Prison (NCP). Since the suit was filed in February 2008 on behalf of 12 prisoners by the Lewisburg Prison Project, NCP officials had disputed claims that …
Hernandez v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2012 Case: 1:12-cv-01153 Document #: 39 Filed: 06/12/12 Page 1 of 21 PageID #:79 KAH/sfk/tls 12-0042 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ROBERT HERNANDEZ, Plaintiff, v. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., a corporation, IMHOTEP CARTER, M.D., and DARRYL EDWARDS, Defendants. …
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
MATTHEW WOJTASEK,
Plaintiff,
v.
Case No. 3:08-cv-00317
DR. LITHERLAND, MS. CORRELL,
PAMELA MORAN, and WEXFORDHEALTHSERVICES,
Defendants.
ORDER
This matter comes before
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