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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[...]

Washington State Pays $3.75M To Settle Lawsuit Claiming Inmate Died From Untreated Cancer

April 30, 2022

The Seattle Times has reported that Washington state has agreed to pay $3.75 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a 63-year-old inmate who died at Monroe Correctional Complex after his cancer was untreated for over one year. The man died on June 12, 2019 from breast ca[...]

Federal Appellate Court Rules Jail Doctor Is Entitled To Qualified Immunity But Jail Nurse Is Not

March 26, 2021

A 21-year-old jail inmate died while in the custody of a county jail. Her Estate brought a civil action for deprivation of civil rights under color of state law. 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The United States district court granted summary judgment in favor of the county and qualified immunity to jail supervi[...]

$10M Medical Malpractice Settlement For Inmate Death

December 24, 2018

The family of an inmate who died in an Oregon jail in 2014 has settled their medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed against the jail medical services provider, Corizon Health, Inc. (“Corizon”), the local sheriff, the Oregon county where the jail is located, and others, for $10 [...]

$344,000 Settlement For Arkansas Jail Death

July 13, 2018

An Arkansas county and the private health care provider contracted to provide medical services to prisoners in the county jail reportedly settled a deliberate indifference wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a jailed prisoner who died as a result of the failure of the defendants to provide[...]

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Federal Appellate Court Reinstates Deliberate Indifference Medical Malpractice Claim

Washington State Pays $3.75M To Settle Lawsuit Claiming Inmate Died From Untreated Cancer

Federal Appellate Court Rules Jail Doctor Is Entitled To Qualified Immunity But Jail Nurse Is Not

$10M Medical Malpractice Settlement For Inmate Death

$344,000 Settlement For Arkansas Jail Death

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