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$6.1M New York Medical Malpractice Verdict For Inmate’s Death Due To Botched Heart Surgery

April 21, 2024

On February 6, 2024, a Bronx medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $6.1 million for the family of a man who was incarcerated at Rikers Island in 2017 at which time he became the victim of a botched heart surgery that led to his death two days after he was sent […][...]

$9.9M Washington Medical Malpractice Settlement For Woman Who Developed Terminal Cervical Cancer While In Prison

April 10, 2024

The 42-year-old woman alleged in her Washington medical malpractice lawsuit: “Plaintiff Paula Gardner was an inmate. The DOC has ruined any opportunity Paula had to survive cervical cancer. Paula was taken into custody by the DOC in 2019. She had a history of abnormal pap tests that showed she[...]

Federal Appellate Court Remands Pretrial Detainee’s Deliberate Indifference Claim

March 20, 2024

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) stated in its October 26, 2023 Opinion: “Bradley Grote died of acute methamphetamine intoxication three days after his arrest and detention at the Kenton County Detention Center in Covington, Kentu[...]

Arizona Supreme Court Discusses Requirements For Experts Regarding Prison Medical Malpractice Claims

December 18, 2023

Background Facts In December 2015, David Windhurst (“David”) was incarcerated at the Arizona State Prison in Florence. David was paraplegic and had various chronic medical issues, including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, obesity, kidney disease, and injuries to his back and buttocks. Because o[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms Arkansas Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Jail Doctor

October 30, 2023

Background Facts Linda Warner’s appendix ruptured during her incarceration, and she subsequently died from sepsis. Christine Turner, as special administrator of Warner’s estate, filed suit against the county in which Warner was incarcerated, as well asagainst the individuals involved in her inca[...]

$16M Jail Health Care Malpractice Verdict

October 26, 2023

In August 2023, a Florida jury awarded the surviving spouse and children of a jail inmate a total of $16 million, which included $6 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages, for the death of a jail inmate caused by the delay in providing medical treatment that led to the i[...]

Oklahoma Pays $1M To Settle Prison Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Claim

August 15, 2023

Oklahoma Pays $1M To Settle Prison Wrongful Death Claim: Oklahoma has agreed to pay $1,050,000 to the mother of a prison inmate who died in 2018 at the age of 21 that a federal medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit described as a “tragic and utterly unnecessary death … caused by the[...]

Federal Appellate Court Reinstates Deliberate Indifference Medical Malpractice Claim

August 1, 2023

Court Reinstates Deliberate Indifference Claim: Shelly Kaye Stevens (“Appellant”), as personal representative of the estate of James Allen Leslie Stevens (“Decedent”), filed a second amended complaint alleging Decedent suffered deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs while in cu[...]

Federal Lawsuit Alleges Severe Deficiencies In Medical Care In DC Jails

June 23, 2023

Severe Deficiencies In Medical Care In DC Jails: A federal District Court lawsuit filed on April 24, 2023 in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia alleges, in part: The District of Columbia Department of Corrections fails to provide constitutionally adequate health care in it[...]

$7M Settlement Reached With Private Texas Jail For Woman’s Death

June 19, 2023

$7M Settlement Reached With Private Texas Jail: A $7 million settlement was recently reached by the family of a 46-year-old woman who died while in the custody of a private Texas jail operated by LaSalle Corrections LLC. The family’s lawsuit alleged that the woman was arrested on April 5, 2019[...]

$82M Verdict Against Correctional Healthcare Cos. LLC For Oklahoma Jail Death

April 18, 2023

$82M Verdict Against Correctional Healthcare Company: It took just over ten years but a Tulsa Oklahoma jury determined in February 2023 that Correctional Healthcare Cos. LLC, the private for-profit correctional medical services provider that provided medical services for inmates at the Tulsa County [...]

$4M Prison Malpractice Verdict In Virginia For Inmate’s Death From Untreated Aortic Aneurysm

February 21, 2023

$4M Prison Malpractice Verdict Inmate’s Death: In December 2022, a Virginia medical malpractice jury found that a prison nurse employed by a private company under contract to provide health care services to prisoners ignored the desperate pleas of an inmate who had been complaining of excrucia[...]

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