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Federal Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Expert Disqualified Under State Law

September 29, 2025

After suffering severe complications from contracting influenza H1N1, Manuel Moreno filed a lawsuit against two dozen medical providers and other individuals working at the North Carolina prison where he was incarcerated at the time he fell ill. The claims against all but one of those defendants wer[...]

$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[...]

Experts Say Arizona Prison Healthcare “Seriously Deficient”

December 19, 2021

The opinions of experts in an ongoing lawsuit filed in the United States District Court District of Arizona are damning in describing the health care (or lack of health care) provided to inmates in Arizona prisons: “I have worked as a physician in jails and prisons for 27 years. My opinions in[...]

Investigation Finds Suicide Crisis In U.S. Jails

August 1, 2019

Suicide is reported to be the leading cause of deaths in U.S. jails, peaking at 50 deaths per 100,000 inmates in 2014 (data is unavailable for the years after 2014 but there were more than 300 suicides in local jails reported in nine U.S. states from 2015 to 2017). Federal statistics for 2014 report[...]

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[...]

Minnesota Inmate Died Due To Medical Negligence

January 12, 2014

A Minnesota inmate approaching the end of his four-month incarceration due to his parole violation died as a result of medical negligence, according to a federal medical malpractice lawsuit filed by his family on January 3, 2014. The inmate had sought medical care at the prison on five occasions [...]

Hawaii Inmate Medical Malpractice Verdict Upheld

January 9, 2014

On December 31, 2013, the Intermediate Court of Appeals for the State of Hawaii (“Appellate Court”) issued its opinion in which it held that prison doctors are not shielded from personal liability for medical malpractice claims by the doctrine of qualified immunity. The Appellate Court h[...]

Tennessee Medical Malpractice Claim For Inmate’s Death

October 23, 2012

On October 15, 2012, the surviving wife of a Tennessee prison inmate filed a medical malpractice wrongful death claim against the Tennessee Department of Correction in which she alleges that her 48-year-old husband died in prison due to medical malpractice. Her husband had a lung x-ray in September [...]

New Mexico Medical Malpractice Verdict For Inmate Who Had To Pull His Own Tooth

February 5, 2012

On January 24, 2012, a federal jury in New Mexico awarded a substantial amount to a man who spent two years in solitary confinement in jail after his arrest for DWI. He was placed in a padded cell at the time of his arrest because he was considered to be a suicide risk. Three days […][...]

Doctor Still Practicing Medicine Despite Dozens Of Medical Malpractice Claims

January 28, 2012

Despite having dozens of medical malpractice claims filed against him for alleged substandard medical care provided in jails throughout the Midwest of the United States, an Illinois doctor and his company that have contracts to provide medical care in many correctional facilities, including those o[...]

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