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$17,500 Settlement for Brutal Assault of Juvenile Prisoner by CCA Guard by $17,500 Settlement for Brutal Assault of Juvenile Prisoner by CCA Guard Corrections Corporation of America paid $17,500 to settle a lawsuit alleging an employee “brutally and savagely with extreme force” assaulted a juvenile at the Tall Trees Facility. …
$12,630.50 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Who Suffered Leg Amputation by $12,630.50 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Who Suffered Leg Amputation Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $12,630.50 to settle a lawsuit by former prisoner Samuel L. Key for the failure to provide medical treatment that resulted in amputation of his left …
$12,500 Settlement for CCA’s Failure to Treat Tennessee Prisoner by $12,500 Settlement for CCA’s Failure to Treat Tennessee Prisoner Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $12,500 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Katie J. Farr for its failure to treat her serious medical condition while held at the Silverdale Correctional …
$12,500 Settlement for CCA Guard’s Failure to Protect Tennessee Prisoner Stabbed 13 Times by $12,500 Settlement for CCA Guard’s Failure to Protect Tennessee Prisoner Stabbed 13 Times Correction Corporation of America (CCA) paid $12,500 to settle a lawsuit brought by Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility prisoner Roberto J. Gatewood. Gatewood alleged …
$8,000 Payment for CCA Prisoner for Failure to Treat Asthma by $8,000 Payment for CCA Prisoner for Failure to Treat Asthma Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $8,000 to settle the lawsuit of Silverdale Correctional Facility prisoner Robert Jackson, who alleged CCA failed proper medical treatment for him. Jackson had …
$7,900 Settlement for Juvenile Assaulted in CCA Prison by $7,900 Settlement for Juvenile Assaulted in CCA Prison Corrections Corporation of America paid $7,900 to settle a negligent hiring lawsuit that involved assault and battery of a juvenile at the Silverdale Detention Facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The complaint stemmed from a …
Malinowski v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2015 CONFIDENTIAL UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION JOHN MALINOWSKI, No. 2012 CV 08654 Plaintiff, Hon. Sara. :L- Ellis, District Judge v. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., et al., Hon. Sidney I. Schenkier, Magistrate Judge Defendants. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT …
Gay v. Chandra, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2015 FULL AND FINAL RELEASE/CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT For the sole and only consideration of TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($27,500.00), paid on behalf of RAKESH CHANDRA, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, I do hereby fully and forever …
Gray v. Carter, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2015 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION DOII<AH GRAY, Plaintiff, v. Case Number 12 CV 244 IMHOTEP CARTER, MARCUS HARDY, JOE SHEENY, STEVEN FISCHMAN, et al., Honorable Gary Feinennan Honorable Sidney Schenkier Defendants RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT …
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related agency representing Medicare's interests) determines that Medicare has an interest in the
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE Northern District of Illinois - CM/ECF LIVE, Ver 6,1
Eastern Division
Kedron Jones Jr
Plaintiff,
Case No.: 1:10-cv-00313
Honorable Geraldine Soat Brown
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King v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2015 ALL CLAIMS -RE.L-EASE -.,-OF~-...; . In consideration of the payment to the undersigned of $5,000.00 (FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NO CJl.::.t~TS), the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, being of lawful age, does hereby release and forever discharge, D r. …
memo dated December 8, 2014 that accompanied the correctionalhealthservices contract with
Centurion of Vermont, LLC that commenced on February 1, 2015. As this memo states, VDOC had initially
included
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PrimeCare Contract With Montgomery County Correctional Facility 1-8-2012 To1-7-2015
HEALTH SERVICES AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
AND
PRIMECAREMEDICAL, INC. (PCM
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CERTIFY that on the 27th day of May, 2015, I filed the foregoing electronically
through the CM/ECF system, which caused the following counsel or parties to be served by
electronic means, as more fully
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– Docket No.
CFPB-2014-0031; RIN 3170-AA22
Dear Ms. Jackson:
JPayInc. ("JPay") is pleased to submit this letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
("Bureau") in response to the notice of proposed
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$1,750 Settlement in Treatment Delay at Tennessee CCA Prison by $1,750 Settlement in Treatment Delay at Tennessee CCA Prison Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $1,750 to settle a lawsuit alleging it delayed to treat the broken ankle of a prisoner at the Metro-Davidson County Detention Center. Prisoner Shannon Stanton …
$1,500 Settlement for Prisoner’s Nude Perp Walk by CCA Employees by $1,500 Settlement for Prisoner’s Nude Perp Walk by CCA Employees Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $1,500 to settle a lawsuit alleging guards at Hardeman County Correctional Institution stripped a prisoner and walked him through the prison. While working …
