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Article • May 15, 2011
Filed under: Medical, Cardiovascular
Washington DOC Pays $4,500 to Settle Negligence Claim by On December 14, 2006, Washington State prisoner, Ronald Davis, filed a claim accusing DOC staff of failing to properly treat his medical condition. After experiencing severe chest pain, Davis alleged he was given only a "superficial exam" before being "declared fit …
Article • April 15, 2011
Wackenhut Settles Wrongful Death Suit for $300,000 by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $300,000 to settle a wrongful death suit filed by the minor children of prisoner Lisa Ann Lowdermilk. The complaint alleged that while at Broward County work release, Lowdermilk died due to the negligence of Wackenhut employees Kenneth Day, …
Summary Judgment for Illinois Jail Nurse Reversed in Wrongful Death Suit by Brandon Sample The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a grant of summary judgment in favor of a nurse at Illinois’ Peoria County Jail (PCJ) who was accused of providing deliberately indifferent medical care to …
Article • March 15, 2011
Filed under: Medical, Cardiovascular, Kidney
D.C. Pays $35,000 for Improper Care of Prisoner’s Kidney Failure and Hypertension by On March 25, 2004, the District of Columbia paid $35,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by Plaintiff Andrew Rogers in which he claimed the District failed to properly treat his hypertension and failing kidney while he was …
Brief • December 21, 2010
Nall v. City of Painesville, OH, Complaint, Excessive Force with Taser, 2010 Case: 1:10-cv-02883 Doc #: 1 Filed: 12/21/10 1 of 12. PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION DAVID LEE NALL, by and through his guardian and next friend, Elizabeth Goodwin, c/o David …
$1 Million Award in New York State Prisoner’s Death Caused by Medical Malpractice by A New York Court of Claims has awarded $1,021,915.73 to the estate of a former prisoner who died as the result of a prison nurse and doctor departing from accepted standards of care. Leonard Pickell arrived …
California County Jail Settles Wrongful Death Suit for $600,000 by In December 2009, the Board of San Joaquin County, California approved a $600,000 settlement to resolve a federal lawsuit filed by the family of a 71-year-old man who died of a heart attack following his release from jail. On March …
Oregon Prison Officials Treat Heart Failure with Antacid, Tylenol, Heat Pack by Mark Wilson In May 2007, Katherine Anderson was sentenced to 26 months in prison for embezzling $2,400 from her employer, a non-profit agency. She was sent to Oregon’s Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF). The 31-year-old mother of four …
Missoula County Settles Medical Treatment Denial Suit for $5,000 by In September 2009, a retired physician settled the part of his lawsuit that alleged denial of medical care while in the Missoula County Detention Facility (MCDF) for $5,000. The remaining claims in the suit were not settled. Dr. Walt Peschel, …
Prison Health Care, Political Choice and the Accidental Death Penalty in Michigan by Elizabeth Alexander by Elizabeth Alexander1 In Hadix v. Caruso, I represent a class of prisoners in a decades-long case challenging conditions of confinement, including medical care, at various Michigan prison facilities.2 Since August 2006 I have been …
$75,000 Settlement in Heart Attack Death of Missouri Jail Prisoner by On June 3, 2009, Greene County, Missouri agreed to pay half of a $75,000 settlement in a wrongful death action brought by the family of a prisoner who died while at the Greene County Jail. In July 2005, Winston …
Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009
AMA Study Finds Link Between Confinement and Hypertension by An American Medical Association (AMA) study found that incarceration is associated with future hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) among young adults. Untreated, this can lead to increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. Researchers conducted “a longitudinal investigation of CVD risk factors …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
No Qualified Immunity for Guards Who Failed to Help Vomiting Prisoner Who Died by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed a denial of qualified immunity for three Greene County, Arkansas jail guards accused of violating a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment rights. On January 4, 2002, Phil …
Jail Guards Allowed to Assert Qualified Immunity Defense; Nurses Not by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a Michigan federal district court’s decision that denied a group of jail guards qualified immunity in a case in which a prisoner died after complaining of chest pain and breathing problems. …
Article • September 15, 2009
$51,000 Settlement in Seattle Jail Prisoner’s Death by Washington State’s King County Jail paid $51,470.37 to settle a lawsuit stemming from the April 6, 2004 death of prisoner Wade S. Brown, who advised jail officials upon booking that he had heart problems that required prescribed medications. Despite that information during …
Article • July 15, 2009
Pennsylvania Prisoner Properly Exhausted Claims in Medical Diet Case by On November 4, 2008, a Pennsylvania district court denied summary judgment in the case of Pennsylvania prisoner, Richard Young. Young, represented by Meghan E. Jones-Rolla of Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek, and Eck in Pittsburgh, filed a Section 1983 claim alleging …
$899,500 Award in NY DOCS Medical Negligence Resulting in Leg Amputation by A New York Court of Claims awarded a former prisoner a total of $899,500 in a medical negligence claim. As a result of the delays and neglect in treatment of William C. Stephens’s peripheral vascular disease (PVD) by …
OIG Audit Finds Major Deficiencies with BOP Health Care by Brandon Sample OIG Audit Finds Major Deficiencies with BOP Health Care by Brandon Sample A comprehensive audit by the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found numerous problems with the provision and management of medical services by …
Workman's Compensation Apportionment Rules Do Not Apply to Former Prison Guard by In 2005, while working for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), then prison guard James Alexander suffered work related injuries to his heart, cardio¬vascular system and left arm. Pursuant to provisions contained in California Labor Code …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Filed under: Medical, Cardiovascular, Blood
Prisoner Self Care: Hypertension by Michael D. Cohen, MD by Michael D. Cohen M.D. Introduction This article is about high blood pressure, also called hypertension. Hypertension is a common chronic disease that arises slowly and continues for years. It generally causes few or no symptoms. Treatment is directed at controlling …
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