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New Jersey DOC Liable for Prisoner Death Caused by CMS
Loaded on April 15, 2005
by Robert Woodman
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2005, page 35
by Robert H. Woodman
Filed under:
Private Prisons,
CMS,
Blood,
Malpractice (Attorneys),
Parties,
Contractor Liability,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
New Jersey.
The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, partly affirming a New Jersey prisoner's estate's suit, held that the New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) could be held liable for the negligence of Correctional Medical Services (CMS) in treating a prisoner's medical condition, resulting in the ...
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