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Article • December 15, 2003
Deadly Drug-Resistant Staph in Prisons Throughout USA by by Matthew T. Clarke A deadly outbreak of drug resistant staph (MRSA) is occurring at prisons throughout the country. It is often misdiagnosed as a spider bite or non-resistant staph, delaying treatment until it is too late. This has already lead to …
Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
$250,000 Award for Texas Jail Paraplegic Upheld by by Matthew Clarke The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a $250,000 award against Dallas County, Texas, for a paraplegic prisoner who developed life-threatening decubitus ulcers due to the jail's deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. Brent Lawson, a former …
Article • April 15, 2002 • from PLN April, 2002
$250,000 Award for Paraplegic Dallas County Jail Prisoner by $250,000 Award For Paraplegic Dallas County Jail Prisoner by Matthew T. Clarke A paraplegic Texas prisoner has been awarded a quarter million dollars for pain and suffering caused by conditions in the Dallas County Jail (the jail). Brent Lawson, a Texas …
DC Prisoner Wins $175,000 in Conditions Case by David C Fathi by David C. Fathi On January 25, 2001, a federal jury in Washington, D.C. awarded nearly $175,000 to D.C. prisoner Lawrence Caldwell in his challenge to conditions at the District of Columbia's Maximum Security Facility (MSF) in Lorton, Virginia. …
Lorton Conditions Unconstitutional by A federal district court for the District of Columbia held that a prisoner stated claims for an assortment of constitutional injuries and a violation of the Lorton Act. The defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint or, in the alternative, for summary judgment was denied in part. …
Article • May 15, 2000 • from PLN May, 2000
Chief Medical Officer Liable On Medical Policy Decisions by John E Dannenberg Chief Medical Officer Liable On Medical Policy Decisions by John E. Dannenberg The Second Circuit US Court of Ap-peals held that a prisoner's complaint regarding a painful chronic medical complication that developed at the site of a knife …
Fifth Circuit Says Rotting to Death in Prison Okay by Ronald Young How often have you heard it said of prisoners, "Let them rot in prison?" Probably more times than you care to remember. In the case of Mississippi prisoner Eugene Stewart, such a hellish and cruel death as literally …
Article • February 15, 1998 • from PLN February, 1998
Filed under: Medical, Skin, Complaints
7th Circuit Defines "Serious Medical Needs" by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit announced that medical conditions that cause pain, but are not life threatening, constitute serious medical needs for eighth amendment purposes. In doing so, the court clarified this area of law for the seventh circuit. Carlos …
Article • July 15, 1997 • from PLN July, 1997
Prisoners Roasted Alive by A van carrying prisoners burst into flames alongside a Tennessee interstate highway, killing all six prisoners shackled inside a wire mesh cage in the back of the van. The prisoners were being transported in a van operated by Federal Extradition Agency, a private Memphis-based company that …
Article • December 15, 1995 • from PLN December, 1995
Prisoners Entitled to Rely on Marshalls for Service by The court of appeals for the sev enth circuit has extended prior rulings and held that state prisoners are entitled to rely on the Marshalls service to serve their lawsuits on prison officials. The Marshall's failure to properly serve prison officials …
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