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Gevas v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2012 J, RECE IVED Case: 1:12-cv-01297 Document #: 63 Filed: 03/16/12 Page 1 of 37 PageID #:277 FILE01D 2 ~ UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS THOMASG BRUTON BRUTON URT . G S A M O EASTERN DIVISION H …
$1 Million Settlement in Oklahoma Jail Prisoner Wrongful Death Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In May 2011, Oklahoma County approved a $1 million settlement in a civil rights lawsuit involving a prisoner who was first denied his anti-seizure medication and then fatally beaten by guards after he had …
Brief • February 23, 2012
Richardson v. Crawford County Correctional Facility, PA, Amended Complaint, Failure to Treat, Medical, 2012 Case 1:10-cv-00275-DSC-SPB Document 60 Filed 02/23/12 Page 1 of 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA – ERIE Gary L. Richardson, Plaintiff ) ) v. ) No. 1: 10 cv …
Former Oregon Prison Official Faces Ethics Probe by In March 2011, Michael Taaffe, 56, retired from his $91,000-a-year job as an assistant administrator for the Health Services Division of the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC). Three days earlier he had been hired by Correctional Health Partners (CHP), a private medical …
million a year. GEO’s rising profitability is a result of the company’s capacity to change with the times. While the War on Drugs and facility construction were the cash cows of the private prison industry ...
and unresponsive in his cell at the Bent County Correctional Facility, a private prison in southeastern Colorado. The official cause of death was listed as cardiac hypertrophy, or an enlarged heart. But Lagalia ...
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
CMS Pays $275,000 in New York Prisoner’s Jail Death by Correctional Medical Services (CMS) has agreed to pay $275,000 to settle a lawsuit related to a prisoner’s death. The suit, which ...
Publication • January 1, 2012
in general and prison health services specifically, is not one of regular savings. Numerous examples in a variety of sectors show that projected savings don’t always materialize. Cost overruns combined ...
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
CMS Nurses Disciplined in Kentucky Prisoner’s Death by The Kentucky Board of Nursing has disciplined two nurses who were on duty when a prisoner died one day after he was booked ...
a urologist at Cermak Health Services of Cook County who diagnosed Mr. Jones as suffering from chronic epididymitis. Mr. Jones was prescribed antibiotics and, when those proved ineffective in treating his ...
Clemons v. Corrections Corporation of America, TN, Complaint, CCA medical neglect pregnant inmate infant death, 2011 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0384 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0385 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0386 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0387 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0388 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0389 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0390 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0391 CCA-AF (6/2/14 …
Eighth Circuit Upholds Denial of Qualified Immunity on Medical Claims Against CMS by On July 20, 2010, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part a district court’s denial ...
ICE, CCA Settle ACLU Lawsuit Regarding Health Care for Immigration Detainees by Derek Gilna A lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union that alleged deficiencies in health care at the San Diego Correctional Facility (SDCF) in Otay Mesa, California has been settled, according to a December 16, 2010 press …
Article • November 15, 2011
that an physician who was an independent contractor providing medical services in Puerto Rico prisons was not an employee of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCR) or Correctional Health Services ...
Vermont Court Passes on Resolving Whether Prison Health Services is Subject to Vermont’s Public Records Act by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample A Vermont Superior Court passed on resolving ...
Article • November 15, 2011
Summary Judgment Reversed in Vermont DOC’s Suit Against Matrix Health Systems by On March 14, 2008, the Supreme Court of Vermont reversed the trial court's granting of summary judgment to Matrix Health Systems in a suit filed by the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) alleging breach of a two-year contract …
ICE, CCA Settle ACLU Lawsuit Regarding Health Care for Immigration Detainees by Derek Gilna A lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union that alleged deficiencies in health care at the San Diego Correctional Facility (SDCF) in Otay Mesa, California has been settled, according to a December 16, 2010 press …
Lippert v. Godinez, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2011 Case: 1:10-cv-04603 Document #: 39 Filed: 10/07/11 Page 1 of 33 PageID #:113 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION DON LIPPERT, Plaintiff, v. SALVADOR GODINEZ, PARTHA GHOSH, M.D., WILLARD ELYEA, JOSEPH SSENFUMA, LOUIS SHICKER, QUENTIN TANNER, ADRIAN BACOT, …
Brief • September 30, 2011
Garland v. Corizon Health, FL, unlawful termination, 2011 ...
Article • September 15, 2011
Oklahoma County Jails Responsible For Initial Cost of Treating Prisoner’s Pre-Existing Condition by David Reutter Oklahoma County Jail Responsible for Initial Cost of Treating Prisoners’ Pre-Existing Conditions by David Reutter The Oklahoma Supreme Court has held that a county’s liability for prisoners’ medical care includes pre-arrest health conditions. The Court …
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