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Brief • February 5, 2021
Roppolo v. Linthicum, TX, Settlement, HepC Treatment, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION MATTHEW ROPPOLO, ET AL., Plaintiffs, v. C.A. No. 2:19-CV-00262 DR. LANNETTE LINTHICUM, ET AL., Defendants. PRIVATE COMPROMISE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Subject to Final Approval, the following is …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Sixth Circuit Affirms Tennessee DOC’s Hepatitis C Treatment Due to Lack of Funds by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s grant of judgment for prison officials in a class action that alleged that the Tennessee Department of Corrections’ (TDOC) Hepatitis …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Eleventh Circuit: Florida’s Treatment Plan for Hepatitis C-Positive Prisoners Constitutional by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Florida Department of Corrections’ (FDC) treatment satisfies constitutional requirements even though it does not require that Hepatitis C (HCV)-positive prisoners be treated with expensive …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Hepatitis, Failure to Treat
Court Orders South Carolina Prisons to Move Forward with Hepatitis C Treatment by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On January 14, 2020, Judge Margaret Seymour of the Florence division of the U.S. District Court for South Carolina signed preliminary approval of a settlement order granting hepatitis-C (HCV) testing and treatment …
Postawko v. Missouri Department of Corrections, Motion for Preliminary Injuction, Medical Neglect of Hepatitis C, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI CENTRAL DIVISION 1 2 3 4 MICHAEL G. POSTAWKO, et al., Plaintiffs, 5 6 7 V. MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., 8 ) …
Publication • 2020
Filed under: Hepatitis
University of Chicago School of Law, Annals of Health Law and Life Scienes, Summer 2020 Issue Volume 29 | Issue 2 SUMMER 2020 Electronic copy available at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3568737 Foreword The Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences Editorial Staff is proud to present our Summer 2020 Issue. The issue features …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Connecticut Prisoners Win Lawsuit After Hepatitis Exposure by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In May 2019, a final settlement agreement was approved for 15 prisoners who were exposed to Hepatitis C when a Correctional Managed Health Care (CMHC) nurse at MacDougall-Walker State Prison in Suffield, Connecticut, used the same needle …
Brief • March 12, 2020
Postawko v. Missouri Department of Corrections, MO, Expert Report, Medical Neglect of Hepatitis C, 2020 Exhibit A DR. LAWRENCE MENDEL DEPOSITIONS AND TRIAL TESTIMONY FROM MARCH 2016 - PRESENT 1. Debra and Earl Black vs. Eugene Youngue, M.D., et al Case No. 14-505 U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania …
Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Hepatitis
Federal Class-Action Lawsuit Seeks Hepatitis C Treatment for Texas Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Texas prisoner has filed a federalclass-action lawsuit seeking the current standard of care for treatment of hepatitis C. Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prisoner Matthew Roppolo, 53, has the hepatitis C virus, …
Geissler v. Stirling, SC, Order for Preliminary Approval of Proposed Consent Decree, Hep C Treatment, 2020 4:17-cv-01746-MBS Date Filed 01/23/20 Entry Number 183 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA FLORENCE DIVISION Russell Geissler, Bernard Bagley, and Willie James Jackson, individually …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Hepatitis
First Major Loss in Recent Challenges to Hep C Treatment for Prisoners by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Tennessee Department of Correction’s (TDOC) chronic Hepatitis C (HCV) treatment policies “are not perfect,” a federal district court found, but they do not violate the Eighth Amendment rights of …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Hepatitis
Fourth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Virginia Prisoner’s Hep C Lawsuit by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held on September 4, 2019 that prison officials responsible for a policy that prevented a Virginia prisoner from receiving treatment for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) …
Article • November 4, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Hepatitis
Louisiana Enters into Subscription Model Contract for HCV Treatment by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter n June 2019, Louisiana officials entered into a contract that will allow prisoners and Medicaid patients to receive advanced medications to treat hepatitis C (HCV). The five-year contract with Asegua Therapies, a subsidiary …
Brief • October 27, 2019
Filed under: Hepatitis, Failure to Treat
Bacon v. Nevada DOC, NV, Complaint, denial of Hep C treatment, 2019 Case 2:19-cv-01897 Document 1 Filed 10/27/19 Page 1 of 15 Case 2:19-cv-01897 Document 1 Filed 10/27/19 Page 2 of 15 Case 2:19-cv-01897 Document 1 Filed 10/27/19 Page 3 of 15 Case 2:19-cv-01897 Document 1 Filed 10/27/19 Page 4 …
Article • October 4, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Hepatitis
Hepatitis C Treatment Ordered in North Carolina Prisons by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A federal district court in North Carolina has ordered expanded hepatitis C (HCV) treatment in a class-action suit brought by three state prisoners. The court’s entry of a preliminary injunction on March 20, 2019 …
Roppolo v. Linthicum, et al., complaint, failure to correctly treat prisoner with Hepatitis C, 2019 Case 2:19-cv-00262 Document 1 Filed on 09/11/19 in TXSD Page 1 of 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION MATTHEW ROPPOLO Plaintiff v. LANNETTE LINTHICUM, in her official capacity as …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Hepatitis, Settlements
Colorado DOC Settles Lawsuit, Agrees to Treat Thousands of Prisoners with HCV by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit by providing lifesaving treatment to thousands of prisoners with hepatitis C (HCV), which will cost the state at least …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Hepatitis, Injunctions
Permanent Injunction for Hepatitis C Treatment Entered for Florida Prisoners by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A federal district court chastised the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) for its “long and sordid history of neglecting” prisoners infected with hepatitis C (HCV). Finding a “risk of such deliberate indifference …
Brief • July 9, 2019
Filed under: Hepatitis
Bobbitt v. Meeks, IL, Amended Complaint, HepC Treatment, 2018 Case: 3:18-cv-50025 Document#: 58 Filed: 07/09/19 Page 1 of 11 PagelD #:228 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JOSEPH L. BOBBITT, Plaintiff, Case Number 18 cv 50025 V. District Court Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer STEVE MEEKS, el al., Magistrate …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Medication, Hepatitis
Minnesota Prisoners Win Access to New Hepatitis C Medications by Minnesota prisoners have prevailed in a class-action lawsuit requiring the Department of Corrections (DOC) to provide highly effective but costly direct-acting antiviral (DAA) drugs to treat hepatitis C infections. Five state prisoners, represented by attorneys Andrew H. Mohring, Peter J. …
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