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Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
Los Angeles County Pays $125,000 In Medical Negligence Juvenile Camp Death by Los Angeles County settled a surviving family's suit for $125,000 that alleged negligent medical care for their son who died while incarcerated in county juvenile facilities. Sixteen year-old William Lee was taken to Central Juvenile Hall after being …
Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of BOP Medical Neglect Case; by District Court Abused Discretion in Denying Counsel The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's denial of the appointment of counsel to a prisoner. The court also vacated the grant of summary judgment to prison officials on medical …
Brief • November 7, 2005
Long v Finn, CA, Amended Complaint, medical neglect 2005 Case 2:04-cv-00881-DFL-EFB 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SACRAMENTO 17 ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) CLAUDE FINN, CHIEF WARDEN, ) S. R. MOORE, CHIEF DEPUTY ) WARDEN, R. FLORES, CORRECTION) …
California County Jail Quietly Settles by Substandard Healthcare Suit For $1.75 Million Santa Clara County, California has quietly paid a settlement of $1.75 million to settle a federal claim by county jail healthcare workers about being retaliated against and demoted for having complained about substandard healthcare practices they observed in …
Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005
First Circuit Upholds Order Privatizing Prison Health Care In Puerto Rico by Michael Rigby The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals held that an order governing the privatization of health care in Puerto Rican prisons was valid and did not violate the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). This case is …
Article • October 15, 2005
Many U.S. Prisoners Give Birth In Chains by Michael Rigby Childbirth is sacred in most cultures. But for many female prisoners in the U.S., the process can be cruel and degrading. According to a March 1, 2006, report by the human rights group Amnesty International U.S.A., 23 state prison systems …
Article • October 15, 2005
A Spotty Record of Health Care For Children in City Detention by By PAUL von ZIELBAUER It was early February 2000, and Judge Paula J. Hepner said she could hardly believe what a doctor in the city's juvenile justice system had done to the girl standing before her in Brooklyn …
Article • October 15, 2005
Forced Catheterization of Arrestee for Drug Test Upheld by The plaintiff was arrested for disorderly conduct and found to be pretty drunk and in possession of a marijuana pipe; the jail wouldn't admit him without a medical clearance. At the hospital he became uncooperative and abusive. A doctor directed that …
Wilson v. Hampton County, SC, Amended Complaint, Protection against Danger, 2005 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT DIVISION Civil Action No. 9:05-1777-PMD Brenda Wilson, Plaintiff ) ) ) v. ) Hampton County, ) Tonda Smith, Felsiha Mixson ) Illlya Odom, Diane Jamison ) Individually …
Lewis v. Prison Health Services, GA, Medical Death Suit, 2005, Complaint Case 1:05-cv-02434-TWT Document 1-1 b Filed 09/19/2005 Page 1 of 30 R I G I Ni' ,'_ IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION .' i I Jonah Lewis, the child of Raymond Austin, …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Summary Judgment for CMS/NJ DOC Reversed in Physical Therapy Suit by A New Jersey state appellate court issued an unpublished opinion reversing a lower court's grant of summary judgment to Correctional Medical Services (CMS) and the New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC). On November 7, 1996, Craig Szemple, a prisoner …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Seventh Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for CMS, Prison Doctor by In an unpublished decision, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment to a prison doctor, holding that the doctor manifested a substantial departure from accepted professional judgment in the treatment of a prisoner's cluster headache …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Filed under: Medical, Skin
Antibiotic Resistant Staph Infections Continue to Plague Prisons, Jails by Michael Rigby Antibiotic Resistant Staph Infections Continue to Plague Prisons, Jails by Michael Rigby Chelsea Johnson, 30, said it began as a small pimple that formed on her right cheek shortly after she arrived at the Orange County Jail in …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Mother Of New York Prisoner Awarded $377,200 For Suicide by Michael Rigby On March 14, 2005, a court of claims in White Plains, New York, awarded $377,200 to the mother of a suicidal state prisoner who died while in custody. While serving time at New York's Green Haven Correctional Facility …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
New York Prisoner Awarded $5,250 for Prison Welding Shop Injury by On July 27, 2004, the Court of Claims in Rochester, New York, awarded Noel Atkinson, a New York state prisoner, $5,250 for past pain and suffering due to an injury he received while working in a welding shop at …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
New York Prisoner Awarded $1,000 For Uncleaned Prosthetic Eye by On September 1, 2004, a court of claims in White Plains, New York, awarded $1,000 to a state prisoner because prison personnel failed to timely clean his prosthetic eye, causing him pain and suffering. Lionel Walker, a prisoner at the …
Only One California Jail Has State-Mandated Psychiatric Treatment Center Licensure by by John E. Dannenberg Although California law has since 1998 required all county jails that provide inpatient medical or psychiatric care to have a correctional treatment center license, only one (Los Angeles) has obtained one. The issue was highlighted …
Brief • September 5, 2005
Filed under: Hepatitis, Failure to Treat
Hilton v. Wright, NY, Plaintiff Memo Class Certification, HCV Medical, 2005 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------X ROBERT HILTON and LOUIS VASQUEZ, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, –against– Case No. 05 Civ. 1038 (DNH) (DEP) LESTER N. WRIGHT, M.D., M.P.H., Associate …
Brief • September 4, 2005
Filed under: Medication, Mental Health
Gibson v. Blankstrom, MI, Wrongful Death, SJ Order 205 Case 1:03-cv-00053-MOB Document 266 Filed 08/04/2005 Page 1 of 25 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION ANTOINETTE GIBSON, Personal Representative of the Estate of OZY VAUGHN, Deceased, Case No. 1:03-CV-53 HON. RICHARD ALAN ENSLEN Plaintiff, v. JILL …
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