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Federal Prisoner Wins $300,000 Judgment on Medical Negligence Claim
Loaded on March 1, 2016
by Derek Gilna
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2016, page 54
Filed under:
Transfers,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Pain,
Failure to Treat,
Infections.
Location:
West Virginia.
Federal prisoner Michael Patrick Giambalvo won a judgment against the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) action alleging medical negligence. The award by West Virginia U.S. District Court Judge Michael Siebert was for $250,000 in economic damages and $50,000 in non-economic damages. No award was ...
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