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failed to employ adequate procedures of medical care and corrective medical care, despite the significant and obvious risk that Plaintiff, a vulnerable inmate, would be subjected to serious harm. 54 ...
Tucker v. Mitchell-Lawshea, IL, Amended Complaint, Medical Malpractice - Dental, 2018 Case: 1:17-cv-05883 Document#: 40 Filed: 04/25/18 Page 1 of 84 PagelD #:288 r IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Joe Tucker, Jr., ) Plaintiff, V. Jacqueline Mitchell-Lawshea, D.D.S., Frederick A. Craig, D.D.S., …
Green v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2018 Case: 1:17-cv-02959 Document #: 63 Filed: 03/27/18 Page 1 of 8 PageID #:237 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Curtis Green (B-15063), Plaintiff, v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc.; Dr. Imhotep Carter; Dr. Saleh Obaisi; and Ghalia …
Snyder v. Wexford, IL, Merit Review, Medical Neglect, 2018 1:17-cv-01453-JBM # 7 Page 1 of 6 E-FILED Thursday, 15 February, 2018 09:35:47 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JOSHUA SNYDER, ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. ) ) ) ) ,vEXFORD …
Hernandez v. Mills, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019 PW(b'." . e,,, 1\! i _ 1 .,.•.- •• . 1 : -.~. Case # (- 17-CV-871 Plaintiffs: _r~ ~~:~t. , lnfo~mation Sheet for Case Number , _; Official Case # 17-871 • ..._.. ·1::... ;,; . _, _ 7 -~·- .~ …
Cumbee v. Ghosh, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2017 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS In consideration of the payment to the undersigned of $20,000.00 (Twenty Thousand Dollars & 00/000 Cents), the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, being of lawful age, does hereby release and forever discharge, Dr. Parthasarathi Ghosh, …
; ) CECILE KEMP, LPN; and CORRECT ) CARE SOLUTIONS, LLC; ) ) Defendants. ) No. 17-2070 Plaintiff Respectfully Demands Trial by Jury 1st AMENDED COMPLAINT NOW COMES the Plaintiff, Lillie Smith, Independent ...
Revenue Service. The Parties may disclose the tenns of this Agreement as required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (hereinafter "CMS"), Released Parties and their insurers reserve the right ...
Tidwell v. Asselmeier, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2017 Case 3:16-cv-00041-DWD Document 119 Filed 12/26/17 Page 1 of 16 Page ID #808 In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois Cleo Tidwell, Plaintiff, v. Dr. Asselmeier, Dr. Trost, Steven Newbold, D.M.D., and Dr. John Doe, Defendants. ) …
private corporations under § 1983. Private prison employees and prison medical providers have frequent opportunities, through their positions, to violate inmates’ constitutional rights. 81. It is also less ...
Harrison v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2017 1:17-cv-01383-JEH # 14 Page 1 of 22 E-FILED Monday, 06 November, 2017 03:34:39 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Joyce Harrison, as independent administrator of the Estate of Adam Harrison, …
Services (hereinafter "CMS"). Released Parties and their insurers reserve the right to disclose such information as they deem necessary in the course of any subsequent lawsuit or legal proceeding arising out ...
Springs v. Schwartz, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2017 Case: 1:15-cv-05437 Document #: 93 Filed: 10/06/17 Page 1 of 15 PageID #:258 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION RYAN SPRINGS, Plaintiff, vs MARY DIANE SCHWARZ, WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES INC., and TARRY WILLIAMS Defendants. …
Donaldson v Lashbrook IL Order 2017 Case 3:17-cv-00942-MJR-SCW Document 11 Filed 10/03/17 Page 1 of 5 Page ID #61 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS ANTHONY DONALDSON, Plaintiff, vs. JACQUELINE LASHBROOK, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 17-cv-942-MJR-SCW …
) ) ) ) ) Plai11tiff(s) V. Wexford Health Services, Inc.; Saleh Obaisi, M.D.; Major James Burzinski; Lieutenant Anthony Robinson; and Sergeant Rogelio Nelson De.fendant(s) ) ) ) Civil Action No. 1:17-CV-01861 ...
Article • September 13, 2017
Dismissal of Ill. Prisoner's Dental Care Lawsuit Affirmed By Seventh Circuit by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On February 15, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit decided that a lower court's dismissal of Illinois state prisoner's lawsuit against a private medical contractor and a prison dentist …
that on September 6, 2017, the above-mentioned document was electronically filed with the Clerk of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, using the CM/ECF filing system. All ...
Article • August 31, 2017
Illinois Court Allows Medical Indifference Case to Proceed to Trial, Denies Summary Judgment to Prison Officials for Prisoner's Tooth Pain by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton In a Memorandum and Order dated November 7, 2016, U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen C. Williams of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District …
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Seventh Circuit: Two-month Delay in Ordering Biopsy Not Deliberate Indifference by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled on October 12, 2016 that a two-month delay in ordering a biopsy of a prisoner’s potentially cancerous masses did not constitute deliberate indifference to his …
@stammlawfirm.com Certificate of Service The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of this Second Amended Complaint was served upon defendants through e-filing with the Court’s CM/ECF system ...
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