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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, …
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(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
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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 …
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
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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 …
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 …
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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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in the health care unit – run by privatecontractor Wexford Health Sources – there was no on-call doctor. Although the unit was supposed to be overseen by a permanent medical director, that post had
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Montanez v. Trost, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2017 Case 3:15-cv-01397-NJR-MAB Document 67 Filed 06/16/17 Page 1 of 12 Page ID #492 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS CARLOS A. MONTANEZ, #B46636, Plaintiff, v. DR. JOHN TROST, GAIL WALLS, KIMBERLY BUTLER, TODD BROOKS, And WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, …
Murray v. Sood, IL, Merit Review, Medical Neglect, 2020 4:17-cv-04029-JEH # 12 Page 1 of 8 E-FILED Thursday, 15 June, 2017 03:34:02 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS TAVARUS MURRAY, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. …
Cobb v. Fitch, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2017 Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release This Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release ("Release") is made by and among Plaintiff Murry L. Cobb ("Cobb" or "Plaintiff') and named Defendants Scoti Fitch, Deputy Chief Theodore Uchiek (together, "Defendants,") and, in addition, the named Defendants current …
-REED, WEXFORD )
HEALTHSERVICES, INC., DR. ANTON
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DUBRICK, DR. IMHOTEP CARTER, DR.
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SALEH OBAISI, and LATOYA WILLIAMS,
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Defendant.
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CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE
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Wimberly v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2017 3:10-cv-03308-SEM-TSH # 195 *SEALED* Page 1 of 7 E-FILED Friday, 03 March, 20i7 0 1 :30:16 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, !LCD FULL AND FINAL RELEASE For the sole and only consideration hereina1ter "settlement consideration" as described below, Anthony Wimberly, and his …
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(hereinafter "CMS"). Defendant and its insurers reserve the right to disclose such information as
they deem necessary in the course of any subsequent lawsuit or legal proceeding arising out
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vs.
) No. 10 CV 162
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WEXFORDHEALTHSERVICES, INC., a
) Honorable Judge John Z. Lee
Florida Corporation; PARTHASARATHI GHOSH,)
M.D., in his individual and professional capacity
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as Medical director
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, insurers or the Internal Revenue Service. The parties may disclose the
terms of this Agreement as required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(hereinafter "CMS"). Defendant and its insurers
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