Correctional Law Cases

Summary judgment granted in prisoner’s claims that a prison medical provider was deliberately indifferent to a chronic gastrointestinal issue.

Plaintiff, a prisoner with multiple sclerosis, was unable to establish that injuries or damages were proximately caused by defendant physicians’ negligence or wrongdoing.

Our attorneys contended that the prison diet was not part of the correctional health care company’s role per the contract and Department of Corrections policy.

The court granted a Motion for Summary Judgment in a deliberate indifference case involving a prisoner who died from an atypical abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Defendant doctors were not deliberately indifferent under a federal court’s new test, as their medical judgment was reasonable and did not demonstrate a level of wantonness to warrant a constitutional violation.

Decedent, who had a history of mental health and substance abuse issues, died from an overdose when placed in general population.

We argued that plaintiff needed medical testimony to support the fact that the medical condition worsened as a result of the delay, and plaintiff was unable to prove so.