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US District Court Upholds Prisoner's Medical Suit against County and Healthcare Providers

Loaded on Sept. 9, 2016

Filed under: Correctional Medical Care, Systemic Medical Neglect, Injury -- Misc., Misdiagnosis, Malpractice. Location: Pennsylvania.

On February 9, 2012 Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania upheld claims of deliberate indifference by individual defendants, vicarious liability of Correctional Medical Care, Inc. ("CMC"), and professional malpractice.

Peter D'Agostino, a prisoner in the Montgomery County Correctional Facility ("MCCF"), was examined by CMC physician assistant ("PA") for back, arm, and ...

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