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Doctors Can Be Held Liable in Heat Death of Obese Mental Patient by The decedent, an obese diabetic suffering from hypertension with a heart condition with abnormal EKG readings, was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital where he took psychotropic medications. He died on a day with 90 degree heat …
No Immunity for Jail Guards Who Beat Diabetic Prisoner by The plaintiff was stopped for a bicycle infraction and then arrested for an unpaid parking ticket. He told the arresting officer and the jail nurse that he was diabetic, felt ill, and needed to eat as soon as possible. Instead …
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 …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
South Carolina Jury Awards $28.5 Million For Diabetic Jail Prisoners Death by South Carolina Jury Awards $28.5 Million For Diabetic Jail Prisoners Death A South Carolina jury has awarded $28.5 million to the family of a mentally ill diabetic man who died from insulin deficiency while imprisoned at the Sumter …
Alabama Diabetic Prisoner Stomped On and Retaliated Against by Guard Awarded $20,000 by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A diabetic Alabama prisoner lying on the floor of his cell due to suffering from his diabetes condition had his leg stomped on by a guard. When the prisoner grieved the …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Washington Settles Prisoners Medical Indifference Suit for $370,000 by Washington Settles Prisoners Medical Indifference Suit for $370,000 by Michael Rigby In October 2005, the State of Washington settled for $370,000 a prisoners federal lawsuit in which he alleged that indifferent medical treatment proximately resulted in a stroke that left him …
Incompetence, Brutality and Scandal Infest Tennessee Prisons and Jails by by Michael Rigby Tennessee isn't known for its huge prison system, like Texas or California. Nor is the state's capital city, Nashville, recognized for massively overcrowded jails such as the ones in Los Angeles or New York City. But one …
Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
Los Angeles County Settles Two Jail Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Suits For $325,000 by Los Angeles County settled two prisoner wrongful death suits for $325,000 that alleged negligent medical care during incarceration at the L.A. County jail. On May 8, 2002, 39 year-old county jail prisoner Crystal Baize was transferred …
Alabama Settles Class Action Medical Suit; Institutes HCV Treatment Protocol by John E Dannenberg Alabama Settles Class Action Medical Suit; Institutes HCV Treatment Protocol by John E. Dannenberg In a major milestone along the Southern Poverty Law Center's (SPLC) march towards gaining humane medical care in Alabama's prisons, a Settlement …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
Wisconsin County Settles Negligent Death Claim for $1.2 Million by Wisconsin County Settles Negligent Death Claim For $1.2 Million On July 24, 2003, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a claim arising from a man's death in the county jail. The deceased, former president of the …
Article • September 15, 2004 • from PLN September, 2004
Settlement Brings Alabama DOC's Diabetic Treatment into 21st Century by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) agreed on January 15, 2004, to settle a lawsuit brought by diabetic prisoners by upgrading their medical care. The agreement sets a precedent for management and care of …
No Qualified Immunity for Prison Officials on Tobacco Smoke Complaints by No Qualified Immunity for Prison Officials on Tobacco Smoke Complaints The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a district court's denial of summary judgment and qualified immunity for the Delaware prison guards who exposed a prisoner …
PHS Liable for Denying Insulin to Diabetic New Jersey Jail Prisoner by The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the U.S. District Court (New Jersey) on its dismissal of a pretrial detainee's state law medical malpractice claims and summary judgment for jail defendants of the detainee's claims under 42 …
$850,000 Settlement in LA County Jail Failure to Medicate Wrongful Death by The County of Los Angeles (LA), California settled a wrongful death claim on March 14, 2003 brought by the wife of an LA County Jail prisoner who died 2 ½ days after incarceration in August, 1999 because he …
Death at North Carolina Lock Up Spotlights Troubled Jail System by Michael Rigby Death At North Carolina Lock Up Spotlights Troubled Jail System by Michael Rigby The death of Christopher Lee Wood at North Carolina's Cherokee County jail has served to illuminate a sordid history of prisoner abuse, FBI investigations …
Virginia: Stun Gun Implicated In Death, CMS Implicated In Coverup by by Michael Rigby Documents filed as part of a $204 million lawsuit directly, contradict the Virginia Department of Correction's (DOC) initial assertion that a stun gun played no role in the death of Lawrence James Frazier, and may implicate …
$2.5 Million Verdict in California Medical Neglect Case by Marvin Mentor On May 8, 2002, a California superior court jury awarded $2.5 million in damages for negligent medical care to a severely diabetic state prisoner, who, debilitated from insulin shock, broke his neck in a fall sustained while trying to …
Connecticut Pays $1,850,000 in Deaths of Two Prisoners Transferred to Virginia by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Connecticut Department of Corrections (CDC) settled two claims in March 2002 totaling $1,850,000 for the wrongful deaths of a mentally ill prisoner and a severely diabetic prisoner who were transferred …
Prisoner's Estate Survives Summary Judgment on Medical Policy Claims by A federal district court in Michigan held that issues of fact as to whether prison officials adopted a policy discouraging necessary health care precluded summary judgment. Roscoe Young was incarcerated in a prison of the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) …
Article • January 15, 2003 • from PLN January, 2003
Filed under: Medical, Diabetes, Amputations
Diabetic's Amputation Suit Set for Trial by A federal district court in Illinois has held a diabetic detainee's claim of deprivation of medical treatment is sufficient to deny the doctor's motion for summary judgment. Cook County Jail pre-trial detainee Andrew Spencer filed a 42 U.S. C. §1983 action alleging on …
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