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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 …
$3.125 Million in Settlements in Oregon Prisoner’s Beating Death by On July 2, 2009, the estate and family of a mentally ill Oregon man who died in police custody settled claims against Multnomah County, a former deputy sheriff and jail nurses for $925,000. The case remained pending against the City …
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). …
, after entering default judgment against FirstCorrectionalMedical, Inc. (FCM). In other Delaware news, the state’s prison system did not renew its contract with Correctional Medical Services (CMS
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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. ) ) ) ) …
CMS Nurse Denied Summary Judgment for Failure to Treat Prisoner for Heat Illness;$400,000 Settlement Following Sixth Circuit Ruling
by David Reutter
by David M. Reutter
In February 2009
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Virginia Sheriff’s Office, PHS Settle Wrongful Death Suit for $1.6 Million
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PrisonHealthServices (PHS), a private for-profit company that provides medical care to prisoners, has agreed
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Injuries Sustained From Glass in Food Net D.C. Prisoner $2,000
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On April 28, 2003, Davont Pindle settled his negligence claim against Aramark Corporation and the District of Columbia
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had breached a contract with MedicalDevelopmentInternational (MDI), a Florida-based company that provided medical services at two CDCR prisons but did not get paid for much of its work.
Responding
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Rendon v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2010 Case: 1:10-cv-01590 Document #: 44 Filed: 04/30/10 Page 1 of 32 PageID #:191 09-17 KJG: car UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JANET RENDON, Independent Administrator ) of the Estate of CAROL CZUBERNAT ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) …
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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Florida Jail Prisoner Paralyzed by MRSA Sues PrisonHealthServices
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When Brett A. Fields entered Florida’s Lee County Jail to be booked on charges of criminal mischief, violating
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GEO Group Buys Just Care For $40 Million
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Geo Group, Inc., one of the country’s largest privateprison and detention operators, has agreed to acquire Just Care. Just Care operates a 354
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CorrectionalHealthServices (CHS) to provide medical treatment of questionable quality.
Only days after being booked into SCMJ on a cocaine possession charge on June 7, 2006, William Francis Sams, 27, began
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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 ............................... .. …
