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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[...]

Florida Federal Appellate Court Finds Inmate Claims Of Deliberate Indifference To Serious Medical Need Sufficient

October 24, 2017

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion filed on October 3, 2017 that the U.S. District Court erred in dismissing an inmate’s complaint before any of the defendants filed a response or the parties had c[...]

$11.8M Federal Medical Malpractice Verdict For Prison Inmate’s Suicide

September 27, 2016

A federal jury in Pennsylvania recently found that the defendant prison health care provider, the defendant prison physician, and the defendant prison nurses were not only medically negligent but were also deliberately indifferent to a prisoner’s medical needs that led to his suicide in his p[...]

Federal Judge Dismisses Maryland Inmate’s Deliberate Indifference Medical Malpractice Claim

May 16, 2016

A federal judge in Maryland dismissed an inmate’s Maryland medical malpractice deliberate indifference claim that correctional officials violated his Eighth Amendment rights when they failed to properly assess and care for his medical needs while he was incarcerated in federal prison in Maryla[...]

Oregon Inmate Files Medical Malpractice Lawsuit For Lost Kidney

April 26, 2016

A 62-year-old Oregon inmate recently filed a federal medical malpractice lawsuit against the State of Oregon and Oregon Department of Corrections physicians alleging that their medical negligence and failure to provide timely and appropriate medical care led to a loss of kidney due to a severe inf[...]

Georgia Jail Sued For Inmate’s Death Due To Failure To Provide Proper Medical Care

February 18, 2016

The mother of a 22-year-old inmate who was incarcerated in a Georgia jail for a non-violent parole violation (he tested positive for marijuana in his system) has filed a Georgia wrongful death case naming the Georgia county that ran the jail, the sheriff, and numerous deputies as defendants, allegin[...]

New Mexico Prison Physician Sued For 15th Time

January 8, 2016

A former New Mexico prison physician was sued on December 21, 2015, for the fifteenth time, for alleged sexual assault for allegedly performing unnecessary and intrusive rectal exams on inmates at two New Mexico prisons where he worked from 2010 to 2012. The same New Mexico physician has been sued b[...]

Detroit Lawsuit Alleges Jail Inmate Died From Untreated Prescription Medication Withdrawal

October 9, 2015

A lawsuit recently filed in federal court in Detroit alleges that a for-profit prison medical services contractor and others were negligent when it came to their treatment of a man who was spending 30 days in jail due to his failure to appear in traffic court for a careless driving charge. On the[...]

Federal Appeals Court Discusses Deliberate Indifference To A Serious Medical Need In Inmate Cases

August 26, 2015

In an opinion filed on August 19, 2015 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Court of Appeals”), the appellate court discussed the high and often unfair hurdles faced by prison inmates alleging the deliberate indifference to their serious medical needs (that is[...]

For-Profit Prison Medical Care Questioned

February 4, 2015

The past and present problems of a for-profit prison health care provider should serve as a warning regarding states and local governments ceding their responsibilities to provide proper, adequate, and timely medical care and health care services to inmates and prisoners in their custody. Cor[...]

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