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Allegheny County Doctor Files Complaint against Corizon over Hiring Practices

Article • July 1, 2015

Filed under: Corizon, Contractor Misconduct, Private Contractors

Allegheny County Doctor Files Complaint against Corizon over Hiring Practices by David Reutter Allegheny County Doctor Files Complaint against Corizon over Hiring Practices by David Reutter ...

Grand Jury Investigates Santa Cruz County Jail Deaths

Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015

Filed under: California Forensic Medical Group, Private Contractors, Drug Overdose, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides

and placed in foster care, and days before she committed suicide she was informed by a county social worker that she would lose custody of them permanently. The for-profit California Forensic Medical Group ...

Summary Judgment Denied in California Jail Excessive Force Death; $8.3 Million Settlement Plus Injunctive Relief

Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015

Filed under: Corizon, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)

he was arrested for jaywalking. The jail contracted with Corizon Health, Inc. (formerly Prison Health Services) to provide medical care to prisoners. Zelda Sancho, a Licensed Vocational Nurse employed ...

M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Settlement Agreement, Corizon Alcohol Withdrawal Death, 2015

Brief • February 27, 2015

Filed under: Corizon, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Settlement Agreement, Corizon Alcohol Withdrawal Death, 2015 Case3:11-cv-02868-JST Document442 Filed02/27/15 Page1 of 10 Case3:11-cv-02868-JST Document442 Filed02/27 ...

M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Transcription of Settlement Recording, Corizon Alcohol Withdrawal Death, 2015

Brief • February 9, 2015

Filed under: Corizon, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

related corporations, for example, 24 Corizon, Inc. or Corizon, LLC -- which they're going to be 25 called "Corizon" for purposes of this settlement agreement -- 6 1 provide correctional health ...

Five Deaths in Eleven Months at California Jail Spark Grand Jury Probe

Article • February 4, 2015 • from PLN February, 2015

Filed under: California Forensic Medical Group, Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides

contracted with the for-profit California Forensic Medical Group (CFMG) to provide health care at the jail as a money-saving measure, but the grand jury panel found the company only partly to blame ...

MH v. County of Alameda, CA, Memo Supporting Special Jury Instructions, 2015

Brief • February 2, 2015

Filed under: Corizon, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Wrongful Death

distinguish between the 11 two. This legal distinction is crucial for a proper understanding of plaintiffs’ claims against the 12 Corizon Defendants: that they had a custom, policy or practice of improperly ...

M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Order on Motions in Limine, Alcohol Withdrawal Wrongful Death, 2015

Brief • January 27, 2015

Filed under: Corizon, Systemic Medical Neglect, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice

that relates, refers, or pertains to: (1) The arbitrator’s decision or award in SEIU-United Healthcare Workers-West, Complainants, and Corizon (Prison Health Services), Respondent, Re Termination of Zelda Sancho ...

Digiantomasso v. Tulare County, CA, First Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death Due to Medical Negligence, 2014

Brief • December 3, 2014

Filed under: Corizon, Medical Misconduct, Medical, Failure to Treat, Wrongful Death, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Constitution, U.S., First Amendment, rights, Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

and official capacity; KINGS COUNTY SHERIFF’S COMMANDER KIM PEDREIRO, in her individual and official capacity; KINGS COUNTY SHERIFF’S SERGEANT SHERRI HENDERSON; CALIFORNIA FORENSIC MEDICAL GROUP, INCORPORATED ...

M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Declaration of Heaney, Corizon Alcohol Withdrawal Death, 2014

Brief • November 19, 2014

Filed under: Corizon, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Declaration of Heaney, Corizon Alcohol Withdrawal Death, 2014 Case3:11-cv-02868-JST Document306 Filed11/19/14 Page1 of 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 MICHAEL J ...

California Exhaustion Requirement Extends to Independent Contractors

Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014

Filed under: Private Prisons, Administrative Exhaustion

California Exhaustion Requirement Extends to Independent Contractors by Mark Wilson California Exhaustion Requirement Extends to Independent Contractors by Mark Wilson On December 6, 2013, the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, held that prisoners must exhaust administrative remedies before suing independent contractors employed by the prison system. California prisoner …

CA Legislative Analysts Office letter re private prison costs 2007

Publication • August 4, 2014

Filed under: Private Prisons

CA Legislative Analysts Office letter re private prison costs 2007 Jan-08-2007 02:00pm T-721 From- P.OOZ/004 F-816 LAO~ ..:::nnt ~.:::.:.:.G 60 YEARS OF SE R.V lCTi January 5, 2007 Hon. Gloria ...

M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Joint Jury Questionnaire, Corizon Alcohol Withdrawal Death, 2014

Brief • May 2, 2014

Filed under: Corizon, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 17. Do you have any friends or relatives who have ever been employed specifically by the County of Alameda or by Prison Health Services, now known as Corizon Health, Inc.? Yes No a. If yes, please ...

M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Amended Summary Judgment Order, Corizon Alcohol Withdrawal Death, 2014

Brief • April 11, 2014

Filed under: Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

(formerly Prison Health Services, Inc.); Corizon Health’s Regional Medical Director Dr. Harold 12 Orr; and Corizon Health employee Nurse Zelda Sancho. 13 Before the Court are motions for summary judgment ...

M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Summary Judgment Order, Corizon Alcohol Withdrawal Death, 2014

Brief • April 7, 2014

Filed under: Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Final Jury Questionnaire, Corizon Alcohol Withdrawal Death, 2014

Brief • March 11, 2014

Filed under: Corizon, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Final Jury Questionnaire, Corizon Alcohol Withdrawal Death, 2014 JURY QUESTIONNAIRE Please fill out completely in blue or black ink. Please do not write on the back ...

M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Plf's Opp. to Def's Motion for Summary Judgement, Alcohol Withdrawal Wrongful Death, 2014

Brief • January 23, 2014

Filed under: Corizon, Systemic Medical Neglect, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Failure to Treat, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Plf's Opp. to Def's Motion for Summary Judgement, Alcohol Withdrawal Wrongful Death, 2014 Michael M. Baden, M.D. 15 West Sid Street, Suite 18 New York, New York 10019 Facsimile:(212) 397-2754 Telephone: (212) 397-2732 E-mail: MBaden@mac.com 9 December 2013 Via e-mail to haddad.sherwin@sbcglobal.net Julia Sherwin, …

M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Expert Report, Alcohol Withdrawal Wrongful Death, 2013

Brief • December 9, 2013

Filed under: Corizon, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Failure to Treat, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Expert Report, Alcohol Withdrawal Wrongful Death, 2013 Michael M. Baden, M.D. 15 West Sid Street, Suite 18 New York, New York 10019 Facsimile:(212) 397-2754 Telephone: (212) 397-2732 E-mail: MBaden@mac.com 9 December 2013 Via e-mail to haddad.sherwin@sbcglobal.net Julia Sherwin, Esq. Haddad & Sherwin 505 Seventeenth …

M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Expert Report, Corizon Alcohol Withdrawal Death, 2014

Brief • November 15, 2013

Filed under: Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Expert Report, Corizon Alcohol Withdrawal Death, 2014 ...

Contract between Corizon/Prison Health Services and Alameda County CA 2013

Publication • September 19, 2013

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Private Contractors

Contract between Corizon/Prison Health Services and Alameda County CA 2013 ZACHARY FECHHEIMER 2005 Lyon Street, San Francisco, California 94115 Office (415) 885-5918 Fax (415) 885-0685 E-mail ...

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