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Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Montana Jail Agrees to Provide Addiction Treatment for Pregnant Prisoners by The American Civil Liberties Union of Montana (ACLU) has reached a settlement with the Lake County Detention Center (LCDC) which requires LCDC to ensure that pregnant prisoners at risk of opiate withdrawal receive proper medical treatment. The ACLU filed …
Deficient Medical Care Leads to Preventable Death of Seattle, Washington Jail Prisoner by The State of Washington’s Medical Quality Assurance Commission (MQAC) has charged a former King County jail doctor with providing substandard care. According to a statement of charges filed on December 29, 2010, Dr. Anthony Rains engaged in …
Washington: Pierce County Jail Suit Ends After 15 Years by In a report and recommendation to partly deny the defendants’ motion to terminate a consent decree related to conditions of confinement at Washington State’s Pierce County Jail, U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Kelley Arnold cited conditions that contributed to the deaths …
Michigan Jail Nurse Denied Qualified Immunity in Detainee Death Case by Mark Wilson By Mark Wilson The Sixth Circuit affirmed the denial of a Michigan jail nurse’s motion for summary judgment on qualified immunity ground related to a prisoner’s death from untreated alcohol withdrawal. On March 1, 2004, Larry Bertl …
Second Circuit: Subjective Standard Applies to Pretrial Detainee Due Process Claims by On September 22, 2009, the Second Circuit joined the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th circuits in holding that the subjective standard for deliberate indifference set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court in Farmer v. …
Brief • March 28, 2011
Smith v. County of Lenawee, MI, Order - Summary Judgment, Wrongful Death Deliberate Indifference Alcohol Withdrawal, 2011 Case 2:09-cv-10648-DML-MJH Document 139 Filed 03/28/11 Page 1 of 50 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION SUETTA SMITH, as Personal Representative of the Estate of BRENDA SUE SMITH, Deceased, …
Summary Judgment for Illinois Jail Nurse Reversed in Wrongful Death Suit by Brandon Sample The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a grant of summary judgment in favor of a nurse at Illinois’ Peoria County Jail (PCJ) who was accused of providing deliberately indifferent medical care to …
Youell v. Correctional Medical Services, Inc., MO, 2nd Amended Complaint, Jail Heroin Withdrawal Death, 2010 Case: 4:10-cv-01180-TIA Doc. #: 49 Filed: 12/22/10 Page: 1 of 13 PageID #: 200 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION KRISTINE YOUELL, AS NEXT FRIEND OF E.B., and ISAAC …
$1.8 Million Settlement in New Mexico Woman’s Attempted Jail Suicide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A lawsuit that claimed insufficient suicide prevention procedures and staff training at New Mexico’s Santa Fe County Adult Detention Facility (SFCADF) resulted in a woman’s suicide attempt has been settled for $1.8 million. …
$4 Million Settlement in R&B Singer’s Death from Drug Withdrawal in Ohio Jail for Failure to Pay Child Support by $4 Million Settlement in R&B Singer’s Death from Drug Withdrawal in Ohio Jail for Failure to Pay Child Support A $4 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that …
Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
Pennsylvania County Jail Settles Medical Indifference Suit for $55,000 by Butler County, Pennsylvania has agreed to settle a medical deliberate indifference lawsuit for $55,000. In April 2006, James Raub was arrested and taken to the Butler County Prison. During the booking process, he told guards and a nurse that he …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
$449,000 Settlement in BIA Prisoner’s Fall from Top Bunk in Detox Cell by $449,000 Settlement in BIA Prisoner’s Fall from Top Bunk in Detox Cell The United States has settled a lawsuit alleging negligent supervision and observation of a prisoner who fell from a top bunk. While the settlement was …
Article • September 15, 2008 • from PLN September, 2008
$200,000 Settlement in Wyoming Prisoner’s Suicide Death by $200,000 Settlement in Wyoming Prisoner’s Suicide Death To settle the claim that a prisoner who committed suicide was not properly treated, Wyoming’s Cambell County Detention Center (CCDC) has paid the prisoner’s estate $200,000. Nick Ashby, 38, was booked into CCDC on July …
Failure to Timely Provide Methadone Results in Death, Defeats Summary Judgment by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed an Illinois federal district court’s grant of summary judgment to officials at the Cook County Jail in a civil rights action that alleged inadequate medical assistance resulting in a prisoner’s …
Brief • April 27, 2008
Gavira v. Los Angeles, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2007
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
$1,000,000 Settlement in Heroin Addict’s Death at Chicago, Illinois, Jail by $1,000,000 Settlement in Heroin Addict's Death at Chicago, Illinois, Jail On April 18, 2007, Cook County, Illinois, and the Cook County Jail agreed to pay a combined $1,000,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging wrongful death of a female heroin …
Article • December 15, 2007
Kansas Medical Neglect Death Case Settled for $35,000 by A Kansas prisoner's estate was paid $35,000 to settle a case related to his death. While confined in the Sedgwick County Correctional Facility, Mr. Stockwell suffered from acute chronic alcohol withdrawal. He was denied medical care, placed in wrist shackles and …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Suit Over Death in Rockwall County, Texas, Settles for $100,000 by Rockwall County, Texas, and Lake Pointe Medical Center will pay $100,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of a prisoner who died after being turned away from the hospital twice in 2004. Sharon Mann claimed …
Alaska Jail Settles Alcohol Withdrawal Death Case For $573,000 by On June 12, 2006, the State of Alaska settled a federal civil rights lawsuit over the wrongful death of a prisoner in a state-run jail for $573,000. Julia Walker is the mother of Troy Wallace, who died while a prisoner …
Locklear v. Marlboro County, SC, Exhibit 12 - Contract Between SHP and Charles Bush, Wrongful Death - Medical Neglect, 2007 Exhibit 1 PHYSICIAN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT between Southern Health Partners, Inc. and CHARLES A. BUSH, M.D. THIS AGREEMENT IS MADE AND ENTERED INTO this 1ST day of July, 2001, between …
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