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Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Fifth Circuit: 12-Hour Delay in Treating Texas Prisoner’s Stroke Wasn’t Deliberate Indifference by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 5, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a Texas prisoner’s civil rights complaint that alleged prison staff delayed and impeded his access …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Sixth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Ohio Prison Doctor After Prisoner Blinded by Stroke by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 30, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to an Ohio prison doctor who interrupted a state prisoner’s …
Brief • July 6, 2021
Prince v. Warren County, KY, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2021 Case 1:21-cv-00100-GNS Document 1 Filed 07/06/21 Page 1 of 12 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY BOWLING GREEN DIVISION [Filed Electronically] CHRISTOPHER L. PRINCE, and BETSABE PUGA, Guardian of C.W.P.P., a minor PLAINTIFFS v. WARREN COUNTY, …
Cavender v. Nevada County, CA, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2020 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH GENERAL RELEASE Plaintiff SONYA CHEYENNE CAVENDER and Defendants COUNTI OF NEVADA and WELL PATH MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC. (f/k/a as CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL GROUP COMPANIES, INC. and CALIFORNIA FORENSIC MEDICAL GROUP, INC.) (hereinafter "CFMG") hereby enter into the following Settlement …
Illinois Prisoner Loses Medical Indifference and Malpractice Claims by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  On September 16, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuitissued an opinion affirming a district court’s summary judgment against Dennis Davis on his medical indifference and malpractice suit against prison doctor Francis Kayira. Davis …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Eighth Circuit Holds Guards Not Liable for Disregarding Prisoner’s Stroke Symptoms by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held on March 7, 2019 that prison guards could not be held liable for failing to act on a prisoner’s self-reported symptoms that medical staff had incorrectly …
“Egregious” Lack of Care by Jail’s Medical Contractor Leads to $1 Million Settlement by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell An “egregious” lack of medical treatment that resulted in the death of a jail prisoner led Albany County, New York and its private health care contractor to settle a lawsuit filed …
Hernandez v. Mills, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019 PW(b'." . e,,, 1\! i _ 1 .,.•.- •• . 1 : -.~. Case # (- 17-CV-871 Plaintiffs: _r~ ~~:~t. , lnfo~mation Sheet for Case Number , _; Official Case # 17-871 • ..._.. ·1::... ;,; . _, _ 7 -~·- .~ …
Brief • November 6, 2017
Dunn v. Madison, US, Certiorari Petition, Capital Punishment, 2017 Cite as: 583 U. S. ____ (2017) 1 Per Curiam SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES JEFFERSON DUNN, COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. VERNON MADISON ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE …
Brief • August 24, 2017
Adams v. Livingston, TX, Deposition of Owen Murray, Heat Stroke Death, 2017 1 OWEN MURRAY, D.O. - 8/24/2017 · · · · · · ·IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT · · · · · · ·FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS · · · · · · · · …
Woodson v. Quinn, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2017 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS AND fNDEMNITY AGREEMENT AS TO A LAWSUIT BEARING THE CAUSE NUMBER 13-cv-240-DGW The undersigned, Dwayne M. Woodson, (hereinafter "Plaintiff' or "Claimant") being of lawful age, for the sole consideration of $55,000.00 (Fifty-Five Thousand Dollars), receipt of which is …
Kindoll v. Southern Health Partners Inc., et al., KY, medical malpractice, 2017 Case: 2:17-cv-00084-DLB-CJS Doc #: 1 Filed: 05/12/17 Page: 1 of 13 - Page ID#: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY NORTHERN DIVISION AT COVINGTON MICHELLE KINDOLL c/o Gerhardstein & Branch Co. LPA 441 …
Brief • August 1, 2016
Scott v. Pennsylvania DOC, PA, Settlement, Aphasia Disability Discrimination, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA DONALD SCOTT, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 15-72 v. PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant, SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims …
Kendrick v. Carter, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016 EJ UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION ANTONIO KENDRICK, Plaintiff, v. No. 2012 CV 19 IMHOTEP CARTER, M.D., PARTHASARATHI GHOSH, M.D., Defendants. RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Release and Settlement Agreement (the "Agreement") is made and …
$11.3 Million Jury Award for Former Colorado Jail Prisoner by Matthew Clarke A federal jury awarded a former Jefferson County Detention Center prisoner more than $11 million against the sheriff and the jail’s privately-contracted medical provider, Correctional Healthcare Companies (CHC) – now Correct Care Solutions – after he was denied …
Brief • January 21, 2016
Lipford v. City of Chicago, IL, Amended Complaint, Illegal Police Search, 2016 Case: 1:15-cv-06988 Document #: 45 Filed: 01/21/16 Page 1 of 8 PageID #:172 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MICHAEL LIPFORD, Plaintiff, v. 15 CV 6988 CITY OF CHICAGO, G. …
Article • October 16, 2015
Federal Court Releases County Commissioner Convicted of Fraud by David Reutter Federal Court Releases County Commissioner Convicted of Fraud by David Reutter Citing “age (87) and deteriorating health,” an Alabama federal district court reduced the prison sentence of a former county commissioner convicted of corruption. The court reduced the sentence …
Miller v. Hodge, IL, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2015 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Agreement") is made and entered into by and between Plaintiff Patricia Johnson, 1 as Administrator of the Estate of DeCarlo Primm ("Plaintiff') and Wexford Health Sources, Inc. ("Wexford"). Plaintiff and Wexford are collectively …
Miller v. Hodge, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2015 Case 3:14-cv-01071-SMY-RJD Document 45 Filed 03/03/15 Page 1 of 27 Page ID #325 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EAST ST. LOUIS DIVISION PATRICIA MILLER, as Administrator of the Estate of DeCarlo Primm, ) ) ) …
Article • February 4, 2015 • from PLN February, 2015
Tennessee Jail Breached Duty to Provide Medical Care; Damages Trial Ordered by David Reutter Tennessee Jail Breached Duty to Provide Medical Care; Damages Trial Ordered by David Reutter he Tennessee Court of Appeals has held the Tipton County Jail (TCJ) breached its duty of care by failing to provide a …
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