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$3,175,000 Judgment against Private Health Contractor for Illinois Prisoner’s Stroke

Article • May 15, 2008 • from PLN May, 2008

Filed under: Health Professionals, Ltd., Medical, Medication, Stroke, Damages

, 2007, an Illinois prisoner who claimed he suffered a stroke due to negligence on the part of Health Professionals, Ltd. a private company that contracts with the State to provide health care to prisoners ...

No CMS Liability for Denying Treatment for Dislocated Shoulder

Article • May 15, 2008

Filed under: CMS, Medical, Skeletal Injury, Contractor Liability

No CMS Liability for Denying Treatment for Dislocated Shoulder by The plaintiff said he dislocated his previously injured shoulder in his sleep. At 511: "For purposes of this case ...

Uprising at GEO Group Illinois Jail

Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Organizing, Prison Rebellion

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 private prisons than in government ...

Class Status Granted to Illinois Prisoners for Nonconsensual STD Tests

Article • January 15, 2008

Filed under: Cermak Health Services, STDs, Searches, Body Cavity Searches, Class Certification

screening for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). As part of the screening process, a medical technician with Cermak Health Services shoved a cotton swab into the prisoners' penises to collect a sample ...

Former Illinois DOC Director, Former Prisoner Advocate, Others Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges

Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007

Filed under: Addus HealthCare, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Lobbying, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution

for several state vendors, including Addus HealthCare, 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 ...

Keller v. Feinerman, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2007

Brief • December 7, 2007

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

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. ) …

Prison Privatization Launders Taxpayer Dollars into Political Contributions

Article • August 15, 2007 • from PLN August, 2007

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Financing, Prison Health Services, Wexford Health Services, Armor Correctional Health Services, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Records, Staffing, Employee Litigation, State Legislation

]. Armor's Chief Executive Officer, Doyle H. Moore, had founded Prison Health Services (PHS) in 1978. According to a 2005 New York Times article, "Prison Health proved adept at integrating itself with local ...

IL DOC is Not a Joint Public Employer

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Private Contractors, Guards/Staff, Employee Litigation, Guard Unions

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

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Private Prisons, CMS

Reporter Sues CMS for Defamation by An investigative reporter published an article critical of the defendants; they responded; the plaintiff sued them for defamation and interference in his ...

Prisoner's Suit Over Unsanitary Meals States Claims

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Private Prisons, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Food, Sanitation

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 ...

Private Medical Transport Company Not Liable for Police Actions

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Transport Companies, Medical, Drug Overdose, Ambulance Service

Private Medical Transport Company Not Liable for Police Actions by At police direction, a private corporation transported the plaintiff to a police station, where he collapsed from ...

$450,000 Award Against CMS, County In Death of Illinois Jail Prisoner

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: CMS, Medical, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, Failure to Treat, Damages, Contractor Liability, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

$450,000 Award Against CMS, County In Death of Illinois Jail Prisoner by On May 16, 2002, a jury found Correctional Medical Services (CMS) of Illinois and Kane County liable for the death ...

Doctor Employed by Private Medical Company's Firing Upheld

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Medical, Private Contractors, Employee Litigation

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 …

Cotts v. Osafa, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2007

Brief • March 30, 2007

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

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 ...

Seventh Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for CMS, Prison Doctor

Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005

Filed under: Private Prisons, CMS, Medication, Pain

Seventh Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for CMS, Prison Doctor by In an unpublished decision, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment to a prison doctor ...

CMS Must Pay $1.75 Million in Illinois Jail Suicide

Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004

Filed under: CMS, Medical, Private Contractors, Medical Records, Staffing, Damages, Municipal Liability, Contractor Liability, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

), a private contractor 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 ...

Jury Awards $1.75 Million Against CMS in Illinois Jail Suicide

Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003

Filed under: CMS, Damages, Municipal Liability, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Suicides

Jury Awards $1.75 Million Against CMS in Illinois Jail Suicide by Correctional Medical Services (CMS), a private provider of medical services to jails and prisons, lost a jury verdict ...

Family Awarded $229,000 Against CMS in Illinois Hepatitis C Jail Death

Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003

Filed under: CMS, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Family Awarded $229,000 Against CMS in Illinois Hepatitis C Jail Death by A jury has awarded the family of a prisoner who died while in the Kane County Illinois Jail $229,500. On May 16 ...

Sanction Excessive When It Excludes Medical Expert's Testimony

Article • October 15, 2001 • from PLN October, 2001

Filed under: Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Appendicitis, Limitations, Discovery, Sanctions, Expert Witnesses, Contractor Liability

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

Article • December 15, 2000 • from PLN December, 2000

Filed under: CMS, HIV/AIDS, Systemic Medical Neglect, Hepatitis, Civil Procedure, State Law Claims, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides

Medical Claims Against CMS to be Refiled in State Court by 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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