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Prison Health Services Must Indemnify Vermont against Wrongful Death Claims
Loaded on Nov. 2, 2015
by Mark Wilson
Prison Health Services Must Indemnify Vermont against Wrongful Death Claims
by Mark Wilson
On December 20, 2013, the Vermont Supreme Court held that Corizon Health, Inc. – formerly Prison Health Services, Inc. (PHS) – was required to defend the State against a wrongful death action brought by …
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