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New York Prisoner Awarded Almost $16 Million Due to Poor Medical Treatment
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2014
by Christopher Zoukis
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2014, page 38
In March 2012, a New York state prisoner was awarded $15.7 million after being left a quadriplegic due to inadequate medical care. The judgment was entered by a New York Court of Claims which found that a prison physician had failed to evaluate or order further tests when prisoner Sergio ...
Filed under:
Medical Misconduct,
Medical,
Skeletal Injury,
Misdiagnosis,
Failure to Treat,
Parole,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
New York.
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