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Second Circuit Strips Qualified Immunity from Connecticut Officials Who Ignored Prisoner’s Scalp Lesions by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Observing that “Eighth Amendment claims for the deprivation of medical care are not analyzed body-part by body-part,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled on July 14, …
Article • April 22, 2019
First Circuit: Denial of Humira Psoriasis Treatment Not Deliberately Indifferent by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that a lower court properly granted summary judgment to a Massachusetts prison doctor who refused to prescribe Humira to treat a pretrial detainee’s …
Brief • January 10, 2018
Chapman v. FDC, FL, Mediation Settlement Agreement, Darren Rainey Death, 2018 ·--+" v. ----------·-------~ --------------------------------·--- -- ------
Advanced Correctional Healthcare’s Brutal Brand of Jailhouse Medicine by Timothy Strayer in his hospital bed in Dearborn County ICU after spending just one month behind bars at the county jail. by Brian Sonenstein, Shadowproof Timothy Strayer was approaching 70 years of age and suffering from multiple chronic illnesses in the …
Article • October 14, 2016
Three-week Treatment Delay Not Deliberately Indifferent by Mark Wilson The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an Ohio prisoner failed to prove that a three-week delay of treatment for a painful skin condition constituted deliberate indifference. Ohio state prisoner Oscar Santiago complained of severe pain, swelling and a rash …
Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014
Study Finds Prisoners Inappropriately Using Topical Antibiotics by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Research into the use of topical antibiotics in correctional facilities found that prisoners frequently use antibiotics for reasons inconsistent with their recommended purpose. A two-year study of 822 New York state prisoners was presented at the …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Georgia Court Rules Prisoners Held in County Facilities Barred from Suing State for Negligence by The Court of Appeals of Georgia held on October 21, 2011 that a county housing state prisoners under a contract with the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDOC) is an independent contractor; therefore, the state is …
Article • March 15, 2011
Filed under: Medical, Skin
D.C. Prisoner Receives $7,000 Settlement for Untreated Cyst by On October 21, 2004, the District of Columbia paid $7,000 to settle with Plaintiff Roosevelt Powell, who had sued the District over an untreated cyst. On March 21, 2002, Powell complained of a cyst on his left cheek, but was not …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
$932,900 Award to Hawaii Prisoner Rendered Infertile Due to Inept Medical Care by A Hawaii state judge awarded a former prisoner $932,900 in damages in a lawsuit alleging substandard medical care. Gregory Slingluff, 41, sued after he was rendered infertile due to poor medical treatment while incarcerated at the Halawa …
Article • May 15, 2010
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $1,000 to Prisoner Burned During Medical Test. by On April 28, 2006, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $1,000 to a prisoner who received substandard medical care. Arthur Billups went in for medical treatment on December 28 and 29 for a test …
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 …
Florida Jail Prisoner Paralyzed by MRSA Sues Prison Health Services by When Brett A. Fields entered Florida’s Lee County Jail to be booked on charges of criminal mischief, violating an injunction and probation violation, he was a healthy 26-year-old man. Within a month, according to a subsequent lawsuit, he was …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Illinois Prison Officials Fail to Report MRSA Infections by Recognizing that Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is rampant in Illinois’ prison system, and that MRSA poses a threat to guards and visitors as well as prisoners, Illinois legislators enacted a law, effective March 3, 2008, that requires prison officials to …
Article • January 15, 2010 • from PLN January, 2010
Discovery Disputes in Suit Over Pennsylvania Jail MRSA Deaths by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Pennsylvania federal court has ordered medical personnel to answer deposition questions in a case involving the deaths of two prisoners due to MRSA at the Allegheny County jail. The court also appointed a special …
Brief • January 1, 2010
Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS, Skin, Hepatitis
Donald v. NWFRC, FL, Interrogatories, Negligent Medical Care, 2010 Interrogatories to Dr. Frank Johanson The Plaintiff sets forth the following definitions particular to this litigation: A. “Department” means the Florida Department of Corrections. B. “Decedent” means Vermon Donald. C. The matter sued upon means the treatment of Vermon Donald between …
Pennsylvania County Prisons Mired in Conditions Litigation by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Whether or not a large number of lawsuits is indicative of management or operational problems at a prison or jail is a matter of debate that depends on one’s perspective – that is, which side of …
Texas Prisoners Still Dying in Houston Jails, Among Other Problems by Gary Hunter Clarence Freeman’s hot check turned out to be his death warrant after it resulted in his arrest and incarceration at the Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas, where he was fatally assaulted by a guard. On New …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Filed under: Medical, Medication, Skin
Oklahoma Prisoner Awarded $65,000 for Inadequate MSRA Care by Brandon Sample On March 12, 2009, Chief U.S. District Judge Claire Eagan entered judgment in the amount of $65,000 against an Oklahoma state prison Health Services Administrator (HSA) accused of failing to provide a prisoner adequate medical treatment. While incarcerated at …
Article • September 15, 2009
$3,300 Settlement for Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Jail Guards by Washington State’s King County Jail paid $3,298.53 to settle the claim of James D. Wilks, who alleged that he was subject to cruel and unusual punishment in January and February 2002. The complaint alleges that Wilks was not treated …
$226,000 Workers’ Comp Settlement for Pennsylvania Guard Scarred by MRSA by A Pennsylvania prison guard who contracted a staph infection that caused facial scarring has settled a workers’ compensation claim for $226,000. While employed at the Graterford Prison in 2003, guard Carol Snyder contracted an infection. She awoke on the …
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