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Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Filed under: Muscular, Failure to Treat
New York: $450,000 in Awards to Two Prisoners for Failure to Treat Muscle Tears by David Reutter New York: $450,000 in Awards to Two Prisoners for Failure to Treat Muscle Tears by David Reutter A New York Court of Claims has awarded $250,000 to a former prisoner in a lawsuit …
Article • January 12, 2015
NY Prisoner Denied Knee Brace Wins $1,200 by NY Prisoner Denied Knee Brace Wins $1,200 Prevailing on one of his three claims, a New York state prisoner was awarded $1,200 damages after a Court of Claims trial found the state liable for not providing him with a needed knee brace. …
Brief • September 23, 2013
Filed under: Muscular, Malpractice
Hildebrand v. United States, IL, R&R, Med Mal for Torn ACL, 2013 1:13-cv-01233-JBM-BGC # 35 Page 1 of 12 E-FILED Monday, 23 September, 2013 09:04:51 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, PEORIA DIVISION TONY HILDEBRAND, Plaintiff, v. UNITED …
Ellsworth v. Rose, AZ, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2013 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Settlement Agreement") is entered into, on, by, and among JAMES JACKSON ELLSWORTH, Arizona Department of Corrections ("ADC")#_, individually (the "Plaintiff'); and the STATE OF ARIZONA ("the State") on behalf of former ADC employee …
Brief • May 20, 2013
Filed under: Muscular, Malpractice
Hildebrand v. United States, IL, Complaint, Med Mal for Torn ACL, 2013 1:13-cv-01233-JBM-BGC # 1 Page 1 of 13 E-FILED Monday, 20 May, 2013 05:23:45 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS TONY HILDEBRAND, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ASSISTANT WARDEN JONES, …
Brief • April 10, 2013
Filed under: Skeletal Injury, Muscular
Francis v. Hammond, WA, Injunction, Medical Neglect, 2013 Case 3:12-cv-06023-RBL-JRC Document 25 Filed 04/10/13 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 6 7 SHAWN FRANCIS, 8 Plaintiff, 9 10 CASE NO. C12-6023 RBL-JRC ORDER GRANTING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF v. …
Brief • March 4, 2013
Francis v. Hammond, WA, R&R, MedMal, 2013 Case 3:12-cv-06023-RBL-JRC Document 22 Filed 03/04/13 Page 1 of 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 SHAWN FRANCIS, 11 12 13 14 Plaintiff, CASE NO. C12-6023 RBL-JRC REPORT AND …
Article • November 15, 2011
$2,000 Settlement Reached over Washington Guards' Neglect of Prisoner's Leg Injury by A $2,000 settlement was reached in an Eighth Amendment complaint against prison guards and medical staff in the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC). On June 29, 2001, Chorner Brown, a prisoner housed at Stafford Creek Correctional Center, had …
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Medical, Misdiagnosis, Muscular
Misdiagnosed Achilles Tendon Rupture Nets $5000 Settlement for Washington Prisoner by A $5,000 settlement was reached in a medical negligence claim against the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC). Oliver M. Wright was a prisoner at Stafford Creek Correctional Center when he suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in his left leg …
$10,000 Settlement for Failure to Protect DC Prisoner and Deliberate Indifference to His Medical Needs by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $10,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by prisoner Aloyouis Chelsey for injuries sustained at DC’s Correctional Treatment Facility (CTF), which is operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
$450,000 Award in New York Prisoner’s Negligence Claim by A New York Court of Claims has awarded $450,000 for injuries incurred as a result of a prison doctor negligently injecting a corticosteroid directly into a prisoner’s Achilles tendon. Prior to his incarceration in 1988, New York state prisoner Kent Kruemer …
Washington State Settles Prisoner's Personal Injury Claim for $20,000 by On January 8, 2007, the State of Washington settled for $20,000 a personal injury claim brought by a state prisoner. Michael Humburgs, a Washington State state prisoner, was incarcerated at the Larch Mountain Corrections Center when he injured his ankle. …
Illinois Prison Doctor Liable for Failing to Treat Testicular Cysts by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals remanded a civil rights action that claimed a prison doctor’s care was deliberately indifferent to an ex-Illinois prisoner’s serious medical needs. The Court, however, affirmed dismissal as …
Article • September 15, 2009
$35,000 Settlement in Knee Injury at Seattle Jail by Washington State’s King County has paid $35,000 to settle the claim of Otis Hubbard, who claimed that he was pushed backwards at the Regional Justice Center Jail on July 16, 2000. The claim does not say who pushed Hubbard backwards, causing …
Federal Officials' Refusal To Treat Prisoner's Severed Tendon Settles For $22,500 by Virginia federal prisoner Chris Walker brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1998 after various officials refused to treat his severed Achilles tendon. Jail and prison officials, as well as Bureau of Prisons personnel ignored …
Article • December 15, 2007
Severed Spinal Nerve from Botched Surgery Nets NY Prisoner $118,000 by A New York prisoner who suffered a severed spinal accessory nerve during a medical procedure was awarded $118,000. Mr. Soltis was a New York prisoner in his mid-40s when he underwent an excisional lymph node biopsy. During the surgery, …
Article • August 15, 2007 • from PLN August, 2007
New York Prisoner Awarded $190,000 For Improperly Treated Knee Injury by On June 6, 2006, a court of claims in White Plains, New York, awarded $190,000 to a state prisoner who claimed prison staff was medically negligent in their treatment of his knee injury, thus causing him to undergo an …
Georgia Appeals Court Upholds $600,000 Judgment Against CMS by On July 5, 2001, the Court of Appeals of Georgia Upheld a trial court's $600,000 award to Stephanie Stitt, a former state prisoner, who suffered permanent nerve damage as a result of Correctional Medical Service's (CMS) egregiously inadequate treatment of her …
Administrative Exhaustion in Medical Neglect Claims Discussed by The plaintiff complained of medical neglect during a period in which he was transferred among facilities; he filed two grievances and exhausted them. Defendants argued that he did not sufficiently exhaust all the occurrences at all the prisons. The court addresses a …
Article • May 15, 2007
Denial of Physical Therapy States Claim Under 42 U.S.C. §1983 by Denial of Physical Therapy States Claim Under 42 U.S.C. §1983 The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that denial of physical therapy and pain medication to a paraplegic prisoner stated a colorable constitutional claim under 42 U.S.C. §1983. …
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