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Article • June 15, 2008
Medical Experimentation Suits Time Barred by In an unpublished opinion, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that 298 former prisoners waited too long to sue over medical experiments performed on them in jail, between 1961 and 1974. From the 1950s until 1974, prisoners at the Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia, …
Article • June 15, 2008
Medical Review Committee Reports and Responses Exempt as Florida Public Records by Florida’s First District Court of Appeals has held that medical review committee reports and responses thereto are exempt from disclosure as a public record under §119, Florida statutes. This action was brought by parties seeking such reports created …
Article • June 15, 2008
Health Department May Withhold Prisoner’s Medical Records from Virginia Sheriff by Virginia’s Attorney General has opined that under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, §2.1-342 (b) (3) medical records held by the local health department may be withheld from the sheriff who is seeking “confidential health information” on a prisoner. …
Article • June 15, 2008
Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS
Illinois Court of Appeals Holds HIV Status Disclosure Order Overbroad by On December 31, 1991, an Illinois court of appeals held that a circuit court’s order disclosing HIV status following mandatory HIV testing of a prisoner who had been convicted of illegally possessing a syringe or hypodermic needle was overbroad. …
Brief • June 6, 2008
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Verdict, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2008 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 323 Filed 06/06/2008 Page 1 of 14 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 323 Filed 06/06/2008 Page 2 of 14 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 323 Filed 06/06/2008 Page 3 of 14 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 323 Filed 06/06/2008 Page …
Brief • June 3, 2008
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA,Closing Instructions, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2008 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 313 Filed 06/03/2008 Page 1 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAN JOSE DIVISION 11 For the …
Brief • 2008
Masacz v. Correctional Medical Services, FL, Order, HIPAA, 2008 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO: 50 2008 CA 000056 XXXXMB DIV. AB JACEK MASACZ, Plaintiff, vs. CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES, INC., and DR. PIERRE DORSAINVIL, M.D., Defendants. _________________ ......;/ …
Publication • 2008
Filed under: Private Contractors
Hampton County, SC, Health Services Agreement With SHP, 2008 HEALTH SERVICES AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT between the County of Hampton (hereinafter referred to collectively as "County"), and Southern Health Partners, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (hereinafter referred to as "SHP"), is entered into as of the ___ day of _ _ __ …
Williams v. Hardeman Co and CCA, TN, Complaint, medical neglect inmate death TBC, 2008 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0459 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0460 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0461 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0462 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0463 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0464 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0465 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0466 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0467 …
Brown v. Nashua, NH, Complaint, jail wrongful death medical neglect, 2008 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ----------------------------------------------------------------------X MAUREEN P. BROWN, as Administrator of the ) Estate of CATHERINE A. WADE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ) vs. ) CITY OF NASHUA, NASHUA POLICE DEPARTMENT ) DETENTION SPECIALISTS …
Article • May 15, 2008 • from PLN May, 2008
Deadly Staph Infection 'Superbug' Has a Dangerous Foothold in U.S. Jails by Silja JA Talvi by Silja J.A. Talvi Dr. Jeff Duchin, the communicable diseases chief for Seattle/King County Department of Public Health holds his soap-lathered hands in an attention-grabbing newspaper cover photo. Above his dignified image is a highly …
Prison Doctors, Tainted by Regulatory Board Discipline, Administer Wisconsin Prisoner Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Whenever prisoners complain about inept healthcare, prison officials accuse them of being manipulating whiners, or assert they are being administered the ?community standard of care? by competent medical professionals. A review by …
Washington DOC Pays PLN $541,000 for Illegally Withholding Records by Michael Rigby The Washington Department of Corrections will pay Prison Legal News $541,000 for illegally withholding public records. It is the largest records-related settlement in Washington state history, and it brings the total amount PLN has won against the state …
Ongoing Incompetence by Disciplined Doctor Doesn't Establish Indifference by The plaintiff fell and broke his hip. A nurse concluded that he was merely bruised and didn't need to see a doctor. Three days later he saw a doctor at regular sick call who gave him an ace bandage for his …
Article • May 15, 2008
Jail Doctor Wins Lawsuit Over Substitution of Pain Medication by The plaintiff broke his hand in jail and was prescribed Darvocet for pain; a jail doctor directed that it be withheld to see if over-the-counter medications would control the pain, since many jail inmates including the plaintiff have substance abuse …
Washington Jail Prisoners Suffer from Overcrowding, Abusive Guards, Inadequate Health Care and Indifferent Politicians by Roger Smith Since the mid-1990s, Washington State jail populations have increased exponentially. Obsolete facilities built decades ago to hold a handful of prisoners are now packed like sardine tins, with as many prisoners sleeping on …
Release of Medically Incapacitated Prisoners Could Save California Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions in a Time of Budget Crisis by Release of Medically Incapacitated Inmates Could Save California Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions in a Time of Budget Crisis Will the Board of Parole Hearings and the Schwarzenegger Administration Follow the Law? …
Jail Liable for Labeling Arrestee’s Cell as “HIV Positive Inmate” by Jail Liable for Labeling Arrestee's Cell as "HIV Positive Inmate" The plaintiff was arrested and informed the police he was HIV positive. They put a pink sign on his holding cell door saying HIV POSITIVE INMATE, which was removed …
Article • May 15, 2008 • from PLN May, 2008
Texas Prison Health Care: On the Brink of Unconstitutionality, Again by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to Texas prison healthcare officials, medical care in the state?s prison system is teetering on the brink of becoming unconstitutional. ?We?re toed up to the line. No doubt about it,? proclaimed Dr. Ben …
Article • May 15, 2008 • from PLN May, 2008
$3,175,000 Judgment against Private Health Contractor for Illinois Prisoner’s Stroke by $3,175,000 Judgment against Private Health Contractor for Illinois Prisoner's Stroke On January 26, 2007, an Illinois prisoner who claimed he suffered a stroke due to negligence on the part of Health Professionals, Ltd. a private company that contracts with …
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