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Georgia Prison Sued For Inmate’s Failed Suicide Attempt, Medical Negligence

November 26, 2016

Earlier this month two Georgia lawsuits were filed on behalf of a Georgia prison inmate by his mother, alleging that prison correctional staff and prison medical staff were negligent and that their negligence left her son in a near-comatose state after his failed suicide attempt while locked in his [...]

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[...]

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[...]

Kansas Inmate Medical Malpractice Settlement

December 22, 2012

On December 17, 2012, the Shawnee County, Kansas Commissioners approved a $150,000 settlement to the survivors of an inmate who died in November 2009 while imprisoned in its jail. The medical malpractice lawsuit was filed on April 11, 2012 by the prisoner’s aunt and mother against the [...]

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Georgia Prison Sued For Inmate’s Failed Suicide Attempt, Medical Negligence

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

Oregon Inmate Files Medical Malpractice Lawsuit For Lost Kidney

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

Kansas Inmate Medical Malpractice Settlement

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