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Seventh Circuit: Summary Judgment Partially Reversed in Jail Death Caused by Medication Withdrawal
Loaded on July 15, 2013
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2013, page 24
On May 25, 2012, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment to two defendants in a case involving a jail detainee who died after his prescribed medication was abruptly discontinued.
Filed under:
Health Professionals, Ltd.,
Medical,
Medication,
Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal,
Private Contractors,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
Wisconsin.
Wisconsin's La Crosse County Jail contracts with a private company, Health Professionals, Ltd. (HPL), to …
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