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Ellis et al v. CCA, IN, Complaint, nurses sued based on poor conditions and inadequate treatment, 2011 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF MARION ) ) SS: ) MARION COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CAUSE NO. HARRIETT ELLIS, TIA MARTIN, ) DELORES McNEIL, ANONI ELMORE, ) PATRICIA FORREST, and SHAVON JONES, ) ) …
Wilder v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2011 Case: 1:11-cv-04109 Document #: 1 Filed: 06/16/11 Page 1 of 51 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ROOSEVELT WILDER, JR., l) Plaintiff, v. ) iq__RECEIVED i Wexford Health Sources, Inc., in its official capacity …
Parisi v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2011 Case: 1:11-cv-00013 Document #: 12 Filed: 06/16/11 Page 1 of 13 PageID #:99 PBP 56426-57 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION PAUL MATHEW PARISI, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., ) DR. …
Keller v. Feinerman, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2011 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HILTON LLOYD KELLER, B33552, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) V. No. 06-661-RHM ) ) ) DR. F. AHMED, DR. FEINERMAN, and DR. ELYEA, ) ) ) Defendants. FULL AND FINAL RELEASE WHEREAS …
Madrid v. CoreCivic, NM, Complaint, Medical Neglect Leading to Permanent Brain Damage, 2011 Case 1: 11-cv-00,267 Document 1-1 Filed 03/28/11 1 Page 6 of 15 fi:NOQF-l~!iiD FILEDIN MYOFFICETHIS ,,.l;,tt F!F:lJil~ 2011~ STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF BERNALILLO SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT '!.l?.4.i i:(: ~~fiftl' ~~~i'.lli"tffiQ,t • . . C.lttwJtlf/v …
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STAR MRDAK, as next friend of JOSEPH
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KUL BIR SOOD, MD, CORRECTCARESOLUTIONS, LLC, DEAN RIEGER, MD,
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WEXFORD
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Medical Services (CMS) mental health employee responded. Guards told them Randle had torn her suicide gown, made a noose, tied it around her neck and threatened to hang herself. Love ordered Randle placed
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Munson v. Kimble, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2010 Case 3:10-cv-00051-MJR-SCW Document 21 Filed 11/08/10 Page 1 of 6 Page ID #162 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JAMES MUNSON, Plaintiff, vs. MICHAEL KIMBLE, D.M.D., SERVE: 101 S. 2ih Street Mount Vernon, IL 62864 Defendant. …
Limitations Period in Suit Over Delay in Providing Surgery Begins When Prisoner is Recommended for Surgery by Brandon Sample The statute of limitations in a lawsuit claiming medical negligence by prison officials in delaying a prisoner’s surgery begins to accrue when the prisoner is first recommended for surgery by a …
U.S. Supreme Court: No Bivens Remedy Available Against PHS Staff by Brandon Sample On May 3, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court held that employees of the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) may not be sued for constitutional violations under Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). …
of a controlled sub-stance.
Routine medical intake by the jail’s private healthcare provider, CermakHealthServices (Cermak), revealed only that Smith had elevated blood pressure, for which he received a week’s
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Farmer v. Miles, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2010 Case: 1:10-cv-05055 Document #: 1 Filed: 08/11/10 Page 1 of 3 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Darryl Farmer, Plaintiff, vs Dr. Gwendolyn Miles and Dr. Thomas, Defendants. ) ) ) ) …
Schoger v. Obaisi, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2010 Case: 1:10-cv-02659 Document #: 1 Filed: 04/29/10 Page 1 of 18 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MARK SCHOGER, Plaintiff, vs. No. ________________ SALEH OBAISI, MD and WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., Defendants. …
on to CorrectionalHealthServices, and six months later the contract was assigned to Correctional Medical Services (CMS). Vermont dumped CMS on January 31, 2005 after a series of problems, including seven in-prison
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Three Years Later, CMS Still Fails to Meet Medical Standards in Delaware
by David Reutter
by David M. Reutter
Despite federal oversight of its prison medical care, Delaware “continues
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company. It was so cruel, and he died sick and afraid.”
PhysiciansNetworkAssociation (PNA) of Lubbock, Texas was contracted to provide medical services at RCDC, at a cost of $6.03 per detainee per day
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Mahdi v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2010 Case 3:10-cv-00123-MJR-SCW Document 3-1 Filed 02/12/10 Page 1 of 19 Page ID #9 • , •·• IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE S/CQND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JEFFERSO N COUNTY, ILLIJ'!plS ,A- MM A- I< 1\1\f'tf-ffi I (l~ CJC(-L ~ G'3 No ............................... .. …
asked the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to create CorrectionalHealthServices (CHS) to assume responsibility over the medical care needs of prisoners in the jail system. By the time Betty Adams
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