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Article • September 11, 2015
Medical Malpractice Caused California Prisoner’s Death, $177,500 Settlement by David Reutter Medical Malpractice Caused California Prisoner’s Death, $177,500 Settlement by David M. Reutter The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDOC) paid $177,500 to settle a lawsuit claiming that medical malpractice caused a prisoner’s death. Prisoner Tyrell Rippetoe was a …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Tenth Circuit: Ignoring Prisoner’s Severe Pain Precludes Qualified Immunity by Mark Wilson Tenth Circuit: Ignoring Prisoner’s Severe Pain Precludes Qualified Immunity by Mark Wilson On August 12, 2014, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prison nurse who refused to examine a prisoner suffering from severe abdominal pain …
Thompson v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2015 3:15-cv-03034-SEM-TSH # 18 Page 1 of 14 E-FILED Monday, 29 June, 2015 04:03:59 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD DIVISION Jerry Thompson, Sr., Administrator of the Estate of Jerry …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Georgia Jail Pays $937,500 in Wrongful Death Settlement by Rodney Earl Graham, 30, died while in the custody of Georgia’s Douglas County jail on November 4, 2009. Arrested on a probation violation for possession of marijuana, he became seriously ill after about a week at the lock-up. Graham requested medical …
Brief • March 20, 2015
Tabrizi v. Gray, CA, Settlement, Excessive Force - Beating, 2015 ( Thi s Full :i nd Final Release and S<'llkrncllt _,\g1(-c,;icn t ('i\grccnicn1") is entered int o as Df the da te it is ful ly executed b>' the parties hereto. :1s de lined below, ,ind is made by and …
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 …
Tabrizi v. Gray, CA, Complaint, Excessive Force - Beating, 2014 ' ' Case3:14-cv-01457-NC Documentl Filed03/28/14 Pagel of 16 Anthony Boskovich, No. 121198 Law _Offices of Anthony Boskovich 2 28 N. First Street, Suite 600 Sanjose, California 95113 3 4 408-286-5150 5 ttorney for plaintiff 6 7 INT~ µISTRICT COURT OF …
Publication • December 30, 2013
WA DOC Contract with NaphCare, Inc. 2013 ..-. State of Washington Department of Corrections Contract No. K9379 On-Site Medical Contract This Contract is entered into by and between the Department of Corrections, an agency of the state of Washington, hereinafter referred to as Department, and NaphCare, Inc, DBA NaphCare, located …
Colorado: CCA Doctor Disciplined for Role in Prisoner’s Death by In December 2012, the Colorado Medical Board concluded its inquiry into a complaint filed against Dr. David Mark Sakai Oba, who provided medical services at the CCA-operated Bent County Correctional Facility (BCCF), and issued an admonishment. Terrell D. Griswold, 26, …
Article • May 15, 2012
Filed under: Medical, Kidney
California Settles Prisoner's Medical Care Denial Claim for $50,000 by Relaun V. Deadmon, a California state prisoner, filed a civil rights action in federal court alleging that prison officials violated his Eighth Amendment rights by refusing to provide him with a proper diet and medical care for his chronic kidney …
Mother Questions Her Son’s “Natural” Death in Colorado CCA Prison by Alan Prendergast On October 28, 2010, a 26-year-old prisoner named Terrell Griswold was found slumped over and unresponsive in his cell at the Bent County Correctional Facility, a private prison in southeastern Colorado. The official cause of death was …
Eighth Circuit Upholds Denial of Qualified Immunity on Medical Claims Against CMS by On July 20, 2010, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part a district court’s denial of summary judgment to prison officials on the medical claims of two Arkansas state prisoners. Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADOC) …
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Medical, Kidney
Washington Department of Corrections Pays $4,500 Settlement for Prisoner’s Permanent Kidney Damage by A $4,500 settlement was reached in a medical negligence suit filed against the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC). Between April 9, 1998 and January 13, 1999, Keith Fair was a prisoner being held by WDOC at the …
Brief • June 24, 2011
Subia v. State of Hawaii, HI, Complaint, prison medical neglect kidney, 2014
Eleventh Circuit Finds Disabled Prisoner in Imminent Danger for Filing Fee Purposes by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a Georgia federal district court’s injunction that prohibited a prisoner from submitting future filings, and reversed the lower court’s dismissal of the prisoner’s …
Article • May 15, 2011
Filed under: Medical, Kidney, Malpractice
Doctor’s Treatment of Prisoner's Chronic Kidney Failure Without Examination States A Claim by The Ninth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a state pro se prisoner's complaint holding that the facts alleged at this early stage may state a claim for medical deliberate indifference. California state prisoner Jessie Watson filed a …
Article • March 15, 2011
Filed under: Medical, Cardiovascular, Kidney
D.C. Pays $35,000 for Improper Care of Prisoner’s Kidney Failure and Hypertension by On March 25, 2004, the District of Columbia paid $35,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by Plaintiff Andrew Rogers in which he claimed the District failed to properly treat his hypertension and failing kidney while he was …
Prison Health Care, Political Choice and the Accidental Death Penalty in Michigan by Elizabeth Alexander by Elizabeth Alexander1 In Hadix v. Caruso, I represent a class of prisoners in a decades-long case challenging conditions of confinement, including medical care, at various Michigan prison facilities.2 Since August 2006 I have been …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
D.C. Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Deliberate Indifference Gallstone Claim by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed the dismissal of a prisoner’s civil rights action alleging inadequate medical care. Herbert Brown, a prisoner in the District of Columbia (District), was incarcerated at the notorious Lorton Correctional Facility …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Court Monitor Criticized Care to Michigan Dialysis Treatment Afforded Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Before the Michigan Department of Corrections closed the Southern Michigan Correctional Facility (SMCF) in late 2007 to avoid further litigation in the long-running class action known as Hadix, the federal judge overseeing the …
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