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, 2007, an Illinois prisoner who claimed he suffered a stroke due to negligence on the part of HealthProfessionals, Ltd. a private company that contracts with the State to provide health care to prisoners
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No CMS Liability for Denying Treatment for Dislocated Shoulder
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The plaintiff said he dislocated his previously injured shoulder in his sleep.
At 511: "For purposes of this case
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Corrections Institute, which opposes prison privatization. He added that the relative number of incidents such as escapes, riots and abuse of prisoners by guards is higher at privateprisons than in government
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screening for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). As part of the screening process, a medical technician with CermakHealthServices shoved a cotton swab into the prisoners' penises to collect a sample
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for several state vendors, including AddusHealthCare, which received over $250 million in DOC medical services contracts since 2003.
Snyder and Robinson were each charged with five counts of mail fraud, while
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Keller v. Feinerman, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2007 Case 3:06-cv-00661-RHM Document 16 Filed 12/07/07 Page 1 of 7 Page ID #86 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HILTON LLOYD KELLER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) ADRIAN FEINERMAN, M.D. and DR. ) …
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Armor's Chief Executive Officer, Doyle H. Moore, had founded PrisonHealthServices (PHS) in 1978. According to a 2005 New York Times article, "Prison Health proved adept at integrating itself with local
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IL DOC is Not a Joint Public Employer by The Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) farms out its prisoner-medical-services to subcontractors such as Wexford Health Sources, Inc. (Wexford). During an unfair labor practices case before the State Labor Relations Board (Board), the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees …
Reporter Sues CMS for Defamation
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An investigative reporter published an article critical of the defendants; they responded; the plaintiff
sued them for defamation and interference in his
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sufficient to
withstand a motion to dismiss. Nartin Drake, a prisoner at the Cook County
Jail, brought actions under §1983 and state law against jail officials and
Aramark Food Services (AFS), which contracts
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Private Medical TransportCompany Not Liable for Police Actions
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At police direction, a private corporation transported the plaintiff to a
police station, where he collapsed from
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$450,000 Award Against CMS, County In Death of Illinois Jail Prisoner
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On May 16, 2002, a jury found Correctional Medical Services (CMS) of
Illinois and Kane County liable for the death
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Doctor Employed by Private Medical Company's Firing Upheld by The plaintiff physician complained that she was fired by a private corporation providing medical care to prisoners because she gave a prisoner a 7-Up to drink. Prison officials denied her further access to the prison and the corporation cited that fact …
the CM/ECF system which will send notification of the filing
to the following:
Michael J. Charysh
Richard A. Tjepkema
Michael J. Lanzdorf.
Dated: March 30, 2007
By:
s/ Jacob I. Corre
Jacob I. Corre
One
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Seventh Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for CMS, Prison Doctor
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In an unpublished decision, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment to a prison doctor
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), a privatecontractor providing all medical and mental health services at the Lake County, Ill. Jail, was ordered by a federal appeals court to pay a federal district court jury award of $250,000
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Jury Awards $1.75 Million Against CMS in Illinois Jail Suicide
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Correctional Medical Services (CMS), a private provider of medical services to jails and prisons, lost a jury verdict
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Family Awarded $229,000 Against CMS in Illinois Hepatitis C Jail Death
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A jury has awarded the family of a prisoner who died while in the Kane County Illinois Jail $229,500. On May 16
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Sanction Excessive When It Excludes Medical Expert's Testimony by The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has held that a discovery sanction is excessive when it causes the dismissal of a prisoner's suit by excluding expert medical testimony. The Court also held that dismissing a claim for failure to …
Medical Claims Against CMS to be Refiled in State Court
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By Matthew T. Clarke
A federal district court in Illinois has dismissed the breach of medical care duty suit of a suicide
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