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Ethics Complaint Against Former Oregon Prison Official Dismissed by As previously reported in PLN, Michael Taaffe, 56, retired from his $91,020-per-year position with the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) in March 2011. He had been employed as an assistant administrator with the ODOC’s Health Services Division, and served on a …
at the Maine State Prison (MSP), where medical care was provided by Correctional Medical Services (CMS).
Leavitt, who had been taking HIV medications before he was incarcerated, claimed that the delay
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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 …
medical contractor, PrimeCareMedical, as defendants. Shortly after Johnson’s arrest on February 22, 2007 for violating a restraining order against trying to contact his wife, he began complaining
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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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Schoger v. Obaisi, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2012 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS In consideration of the payment to the undersigned of$104,008.00 ( ONE HUNDRED FOUR mOUSAND DOLLARS AND NO CENTS), the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, being of lawful age, does hereby release and forever discharge, Saleh …
Mahdi v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2012 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS In consideration of the payment to the undersigned of $30,000.00 (THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NO CENTS), the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, being of lawful age, does hereby release and forever discharge, JOG END RA …
Fox v. Peters, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2012 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS rn consideration of the payment to Rose Fox as tile lawfllll guardian of Ray Fox of $3,000,000.00 (THREE MILLION DOLLARS AND NO CENTS), by Dr. Constantine Peters and Mr. James Becker through .. which payment …
Garner v. Ghosh, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2012 Case: 1:08-cv-01449 Document#: 179 Filed: 01/03/12 Page 1 of 1 PagelD #:1369 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION CLEVELAND GARNER Plaintiff, v. PARTHA GHOSH, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
McGowan v. Hulick, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2012 FULL AND FINAL RELEASE WHEREAS the Plaintiff, MICHAEL MCGOWAN, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, entitled Michael· McGowan v. Chief Administrative Officer Donald Hulick, et al., Case Number 09-CV-17, claiming to have sustained …
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Orr v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2012 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT The undersigned, Shaundra Orr, Independent Administrator of the Estate of Jace Rapp, Deceased, being oflawful age, for the sole consideration of $150,000.00 (One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and NO/lO0s) to the undersigned in hand paid, …
Bearden v. McKitten, FL, Expert Report Hayward, Suicide Prevention in Prisons, 2012 James V. Cook Law Office of James Cook 314 West Jefferson Street Tallahassee, Florida 32301 (850) 222-8080; 561-0836 fax (904) 417-8087 Attorney for Plaintiffs May 17, 2012 Dear Mr. Cook: Based on my review and analysis of the …
Corizon Healthcare, the result of combining PHS Correc-tions and Correctional Medical Services; MHM Services Inc.; ArmorCorrectionalHealthServices Inc.; Correct Care Solu-tions; the Birmingham, Alabama
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Class Certified in Lawsuit Challenging Conditions at CCA-operated Indiana Jail, but Case Dismissed on Summary Judgment by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Indiana federal district court certified a class and allowed claims to proceed that challenged unsafe conditions, lack of medical privacy and an alleged incentive scheme that …
the taxpayers more.”
That is particularly true considering the Florida Department of Corrections has contracted with two for-profit companies to provide prisoner medical care: Corizon and WexfordHealthServices
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; the latter company was formed following the merger of PrisonHealthServices and Correctional Medical Services in June 2011.
In April 2012, Wexford was awarded a three-year, $349 million contract. This works
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