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Oregon: Medical Neglect of Diabetic Detainee Nets $260,000 Settlement
Loaded on Oct. 26, 2015
by Mark Wilson
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2015, page 39
Filed under:
Nervous System,
Diabetes,
Podiatry,
Skeletal Disorder,
Failure to Treat.
Location:
Oregon.
Oregon: Medical Neglect of Diabetic Detainee Nets $260,000 Settlement
by Mark Wilson
A former Oregon jail detainee received $260,000 to settle his lawsuit alleging inadequate medical care.
Since 2008, Franklin Millner has suffered from “Charcot foot” – a softening of the foot bones due to nerve …
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