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PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Prison Health Services (PHS), a subsidiary of America Service Group, Inc. (ASG), continues to face lawsuits and lose contracts for its deplorable record of prisoner health care gaffes in a …
Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control by David Reutter Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control by David M. Reutter When first created in 1999, Florida's Civil Commitment Center (FCCC) was hyped as a place to house sexually violent predators for protection of the public while providing …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
California County Jail Settles Overdue Prisoner Hospital Bills For $1.5 Million by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Settling a long-simmering dispute in billing rates for medical treatment of jail prisoners, San Diego County has agreed to pay $1.5 million to multiple hospitals for bills dating back over three years. …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
$1,156,149 Awarded to Former Federal Prisoner for Failure to Diagnose and Treat Throat Cancer by The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on September 6, 2005, awarded $1,156,149 to former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prisoner Hernando Lopez for failure to diagnose and treat throat cancer over …
Prisoner Dies in Custody of Washington Jailers by Gary Hunter Eight Spokane County Jail guards were placed on paid administrative leave while investigators probed the death of a prisoner under their care, but they werent suspended for long. All were back at work within two weeks. Benites Salmon Sichiro, 39, …
Sovereign Immunity No Bar to BOP Prisoners' Eighth Amendment Mandamus Suit by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a federal prisoner's mandamus action alleging an Eighth Amendment violation is not barred by the doctrine of sovereign immunity. This action was brought by Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prisoner …
Myers v. CCA, VT, Settlement, Denying Treatment Medical Neglect, 2006 Nov. 10 2006 06:03PM P1 FAX NO. : FROM : JOHN J. , LTD. 8 E. Center wW Rutland, Vermont 05701 Tel. #: (802) 773-3384 Facsimile #: (802) 747-1451 IMPORTANT NOTICE -FAX COVER SHEET- NOTE: This .; Fa. contains privileged …
Brief • November 8, 2006
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Deposition - Karch, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2006 karch UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 5 6 BETTY LOU HESTON, individually, and ROBERT H. HESTON, individually and as the personal representatives of ROBERT C. HESTON, deceased, 7 …
Brief • October 30, 2006
Cordero v DOC, CA, Order of dismissal, medical care denial ADA, 2005 se 1:05-cv-00268-0WW-DLB Document 37 Filed 10/30/2006 Page 1 of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DANIEL CORDERO, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF …
LeClair v. Hoffmann, VT, Settlement, personal injury negligence, 2006 LYL ] THOMAS MIHALIM-1 9 P.C. ATTORNEYS AT LAW JEFFREY S. MARLIN BARBARA R. BLACKMAN STEVEN C. COLLIER JENNIFER G. MIHALICH KATHERINE L. DUMONT HEATHER E. THOMAS PIETRO J. LYNN October 26, 2006 Walter LeClaire North Fork Correctional Facility 1605 East …
Brief • October 18, 2006
Slingluff v. State of Hawaii, HI, Complaint, Med Mal Leaves Prisoner Impotent, 2006 Case 1:06-cv-00565-SPK-LK Document 1 Filed 10/18/06 Page 1 of 4 PageID #: 3 RIGJNAL MARK 1. BENNETT 2672 Attorney General of Hawaii CARON M. INAGAKI 3835 KENDALL J. MOSER 6515 Deputy Attorneys General Department of the Attorney …
Brief • October 18, 2006
Slingluff v. State of Hawaii, HI, Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2006 Case 1:06-cv-00565-SPK-LK Document 1-2 Filed 10/18/06 Page 1 of 14 JUNG & VASSAR, P.C. (5489) FRANCIS L. JUNG (7656) USHA K.ILPATRICK KOTNER 75-170 Hualalai Road, Suite D-214 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 Telephone No. (808) 326-4852 PageID #: 7 ·. r·" '" …
Board of Commissioners Clears PHS In Three Leon County (Florida) Jail Deaths by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg After three jail deaths between May 2003 and October 2004, the Leon County Board of Commissioners met to consider the Sheriff's reports on the three deaths and any implications regarding the …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Panel Suggests Using Prisoners in Drug Trials by Ian Urbina An influential federal panel of medical advisers has recommended that the government loosen regulations that severely limit the testing of pharmaceuticals on prison inmates, a practice that was all but stopped three decades ago after revelations of abuse. The proposed …
Nebraskas County Jails Neglect Mentally Disabled by Gary Hunter Nebraskas County Jails Neglect Mentally Disabled by Gary Hunter Nebraskas American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has revealed major problems in the state's county jails. Prisoners with physical handicaps, chronic illnesses and mental disabilities receive little or no healthcare in a state …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Los Angeles County Pays $110,000 for Wrongful Jail Death by Los Angeles County settled a lawsuit for the wrongful death of Julius Gray in the North County Correctional Facility on November 21, 1998. Gray, jailed for corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant, died from a ruptured aneurysm, according to …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Massachusetts Prisoners Battle MRSA, Untreated Hepatitis C by Michael Rigby Kerry M. Castello is infected with hepatitis C, a disease that is slowly destroying his liver. But because Massachusetts prison officials are short on funds, he cant get the treatment he desperately needs. Castello, 41, was first diagnosed with hepatitis …
Years Long Pattern of Medical Neglect Defeats Summary Judgment by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner's claim showing years of failure to adequately treat a medical problem is sufficient to defeat summary judgment. This civil rights action was filed …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
EMSA, Florida County to Pay $500,000 for Untreated Ectopic Pregnancy by Michael Rigby Broward County, Florida, and EMSA Correctional Care, Inc., must pay $500,000 to a county prisoner who suffered permanent injury and weeks of unnecessary pain because jail medical personnel failed to diagnose or treat her ectopic pregnancy, a …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Michigan Prisoners Deliberate Indifference Claim Nets $73,906 In Fees by Michigan Prisoner's Deliberate Indifference Claim Nets $73,906 In Fees On October 20, 2005, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Southern Division, awarded $73,906 in attorneys fees to a plaintiff who prevailed on his claim of deliberate …
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