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$1.06M Prison Medical Malpractice Verdict

August 23, 2019

A federal jury recently returned its verdict in favor of an Ohio man who was the victim of medical malpractice in a Virginia correctional facility in the amount of $1.06 million ($708,671 in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages) for the permanent hand injury he suffered as a result [...]

Ohio Responsible For Inmate’s $3M Medical Malpractice Verdict

September 23, 2016

Earlier this month, after three hours of jury deliberations in federal court in Ohio, the eight-person federal jury awarded a former Ohio prison inmate $1 million in compensatory damages and $2 million in punitive damages after the State of Ohio failed to timely file an answer to the inmate[...]

California Inmate Claims He Was Given Antifungal Toenail Medication For His Eyes

September 11, 2016

A California prison inmate filed a state lawsuit against a California prison on August 25, 2016, alleging that the prison doctor intentionally prescribed anti-fungal toenail medication for use in his eyes to treat inflammation, knowing that the medication was inappropriate and could cause harm, whic[...]

New Mexico Medical Malpractice Claim Alleges Former Inmate Did Not Receive Proper Medical Care

February 23, 2016

A former inmate at a New Mexico detention center alleges in her New Mexico medical malpractice lawsuit filed against individuals working for the New Mexico prison system that the failure to provide her with prompt and appropriate medical care while in custody caused her to develop endocarditis and h[...]

California County Jail Subjected To Another Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death Lawsuit

January 3, 2015

The Sutter County Jail in Yuba City, California was named in another medical malpractice/wrongful death lawsuit involving a prisoner, which was filed on December 24, 2014. The wrongful death lawsuit was filed on behalf of the parents and children of a 33-year-old prisoner who had been sentenced [...]

Indiana Appellate Court Holds Prison Doctors To Same Standards As Outside Doctors

November 26, 2014

In its decision filed on November 10, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Appeals Court”) held that the standard of care for doctors practicing in prisons is the same as the standard of care for doctors practicing outside of prisons, while acknowledging that doctors in prisons so[...]

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