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Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Medical Misconduct, Medical
Lawsuit: Woman Gave Birth Alone in Colorado Jail Cell by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Diana Sanchez gave birth to her son on July 31, 2019 at the Denver County Jail (DCJ), with no assistance from the medical staff. Guards and medical personnel watched from a remote location through a …
Article • August 7, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Ninth Circuit Rejects Lawsuit by California Prisoners Over Exposure to Valley Fever by Chad Marks by Chad Marks On February 1, 2019, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of lawsuits filed by current and former California prisoners who alleged that state prison officials had violated their Eighth …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Filed under: Medical Misconduct
Lawsuit Claims Denial of Medical Care Nearly Killed Prisoner at Colorado Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A former Colorado jail prisoner whose medical bills exceeded $2 million filed a lawsuit alleging a private health care provider at the jail denied him treatment until guards overruled them and transported …
$30,000 Settlement for Pennsylvania Pretrial Detainee Subjected to Excessive Force by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A $30,000 settlement was reached in a lawsuit alleging that guards at the Clinton County Correctional Facility (CCCF) in McElhattan, Pennsylvania used excessive force on a pretrial detainee. The suit also claimed …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Filed under: Medical Misconduct, Medical
After Needless Prisoner Deaths, Connecticut DOC Takes Over Prison Healthcare by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke For 17 years, Correctional Managed Health Care (CMHC), part of the University of Connecticut, held a no-bid contract – worth $100 million annually – to provide medical services for around 13,400 prisoners incarcerated in …
Arrestee Dies in a Jail with No Medical Staff; Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On April 3, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a civil rights case concerning the death of a jail detainee. Almus Taylor, …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
$625,000 Settlement for Virginia Jail Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Ulcer by A $625,000 settlement was reached in the death of a pretrial detainee due to an untreated, ruptured ulcer at Virginia’s Hampton Roads Regional Jail (HRRJ). The August 6, 2016 death of Henry Clay Stewart, Jr., 60, came almost a …
Bossardet v. Ryan, AZ, Order for for Rule 706 Expert, Medical Record-keeping, 2019 Case 4:17-cv-00517-FRZ Document 159 Filed 05/02/19 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Arron Shawn Bossardet, Plaintiff, 10 11 v. …
Brief • May 1, 2019
Bossardet v. Ryan, AZ, Order for Motions, Medical Record-keeping, 2019 Case 4:17-cv-00517-FRZ Document 157 Filed 05/01/19 Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 7 8 Arron Shawn Bossardet, Plaintiff, 9 10 v. 11 Charles L Ryan, …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Georgia Pays More Than $3 Million to Settle Prison Medical Negligence Suits by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The state of Georgia paid over $3 million in 2018 to settle lawsuits involving two former doctors hired by Augusta University’s Georgia Correctional HealthCare (GCHC) to work in state prisons. …
Gaines v. Jones, FL, Order, Prisoner Starved to Death, 2019 Case 3:18-cv-01332-BJD-PDB Document 49 Filed 03/28/19 Page 1 of 54 PageID 282 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION LORINE GAINES, Plaintiff, vs. Case No. 3:18-cv-1332-J-39PDB JULIE JONES,1 et al., Defendants. ORDER I. Plaintiff representative Lorine for …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Seventh Circuit Vacates, Remands Punitive Damages Award Against Wexford by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has remanded a prisoner’s lawsuit against Wexford Health Sources, Inc., the healthcare provider for Illinois’ Department of Corrections, for either a reduced punitive damages award or a new trial …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Baby Dies Days After Prisoner Gives Birth in Isolation Cell at Texas Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 17, 2018, baby Cashh arrived in the world, slipping out of his mother onto the floor of an isolation cell at the Ellis County Jail in Texas. Cashh survived …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Seventh Circuit Denies Wisconsin Prisoner’s Claims Against Medical Staff by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In an August 23, 2018 ruling, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals denied the deliberate indifference and state law negligence claims raised by Oshkosh Correctional Institution prisoner Donald C. Wilson, who filed a federal civil …
Eighth Circuit: Severe Pain Caused by Actual Injury Satisfies PLRA Physical Injury Requirement by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 7, 2018, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held the physical injury requirement of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e), does not require a prisoner …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Preliminary Settlement in Class-Action HCV Suit Against Pennsylvania DOC by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A class-action lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) over the lack of adequate treatment for prisoners with hepatitis C (HCV) survived a motion for summary judgment, and the parties have reached a preliminary …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Florida Detainee Died from Deliberate Indifference to Septic Shock, Lawsuit Charges by Nurses at the Orange County jail in Orlando, Florida accused a pretrial detainee of “faking” the painful symptoms that led him to plead for medical care. In reality he had sepsis – blood poisoning caused by an untreated …
Choquette v. DuVall, WA, Jury Verdict, Medical Indifference, 2018 Case 3:15-cv-05838-BHS Document 178 Filed 11/02/18 Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 6 7 8 ETIENNE CHOQUETTE, No. 3: 15-cv-05838-BHS Plaintiff , 9 JURY VERDICT V. IO CRIS …
Choquette v. DuVall, WA, Judgment on Jury Verdict, Medical Indifference, 2018 Case 3:15-cv-05838-BHS Document 180 Filed 11/02/18 Page 1 of 1 UN ITED ST A TES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTR ICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 2 3 4 ETIENNE CHOQ UETTE , 5 Plaintiff, 6 7 JUD GMENT ON JURY …
Article • October 9, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
North Carolina Fined $190,000 for Mismanagement of Prescription Medication by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On July 11, 2018, Robert Higdon, Jr., the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announced that a $190,000 settlement had been reached with the state’s prison system over its failure to properly …
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