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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 …
$150,000 Verdict in Failure to Train Suit for Withdrawal Death of CT Jail Prisoner by $150,000 Verdict in Failure to Train Suit for Withdrawal Death of CT Jail Prisoner A jury awarded $150,000 to the estate of a 41 year old Polish prisoner who died in his jail cell of …
Sheriff's Delay Or Denial Of Detainee's Serious Medical Needs Ruled Sufficient To Defeat Summary Judgment Motion by The Fifth Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled that a sergeant's actions that resulted in delay or denial of medical care to a county jail detainee who subsequently died from alcohol withdrawal seizures …
Heroin Withdrawal a Serious Medical Need in Addict's Jail Death by A Maryland federal district court has held that withdrawal from a heroin addiction is a serious medical need. This action was filed by the widow of a pretrial detainee who died two days after being incarcerated at Maryland's Cecil …
Prison Doctor's Lack of Knowledge Does Not Constitute Deliberate Indifference by The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a Hawaii prison doctor's medical malpractice resulting in the death of a prisoner, while demonstrating negligence, did not rise to the level of "deliberate indifference" to establish Eighth Amendment cruel …
$275,000 Awarded to Washington Prisoner For Negligent Medical Care After Falling In Jail by $275,000 Awarded to Washington Prisoner For Negligent Medical Care After Falling In Jail Plaintiff and Washington State prisoner Michael Shea fell in jail injuring his spine and causing permanent damage. He brought action against the City …
Prisoner Has No Right to Medication Accommodation by Bob Williams On de novo review, the Maine Supreme Court held that Jon Scott, a prisoner in Androscoggin County Jail, failed to establish actionable state court claims under the Maine Human Rights Act and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act …
Article • May 15, 2007
Michigan Law Bars Tort Claims If Intoxication Causes 50% Or More Responsibility On Injured Party. by Michigan Law Bars Tort Claims If Intoxication Causes 50% Or More Responsibility On Injured Party. Michigan's Court of Appeals has held that a claim alleging medical malpractice, intentional misconduct, and ordinary negligence arising from …
Article • May 15, 2007
Jail Immune in Alcohol Withdrawal Death by The decedent was arrested for DUI and died in jail about 18 hours later. An autopsy found that he died from an arrhythmia resulting from an electrolyte imbalance caused by fatty liver. The court assumes that alcohol withdrawal is a serious medical need, …
Article • May 15, 2007
MI Jail Not Liable for Heroin Addict's Suicide by The decedent, a heroin addict, was arrested and killed himself four days later. At 792: "Heroin withdrawal is a serious medical condition." The failure to notify authorities at the jail where the decedent hanged himself of the plaintiff's condition did not …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
$75,000 Settlement for Untreated Wisconsin Methadone Patient by Michael Rigby Outagamie County, Wisconsin, has agreed to pay $75,000 to a man whose withdrawal from methadone went untreated at the county jail. Richard Foelker was participating in a methadone treatment program for heroin addiction when he checked himself into the Outagamie …
New York Jail Doctor Put on Probation After Wrong Prescription Kills Detainee by by John E. Dannenberg The former medical director for Rensselear (New York) County Jail was put on probation for three years by state health authorities for improper treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome that caused the death of …
Sanchez v. MTC, NM, Amended Complaint, PNA neglect misconduct drug withdrawal jail inmate suicide, 2005 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO LUCILLE SANCHEZ, Individually and as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF JUAN IGNACIO SANCHEZ, Deceased, and FELIMON SANCHEZ, Plaintiffs, vs. No. CV 05-784 …
City Settles In Death of Prisoner at CCA-Operated Tulsa Jail by The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has agreed to settle its part in a federal lawsuit over the death of a Native American prisoner in the Tulsa Jail. According to the November 7, 2003 settlement, the city will pay the …
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