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Family Awarded $229,000 Against CMS in Illinois Hepatitis C Jail Death

Loaded on Oct. 15, 2003 published in Prison Legal News October, 2003, page 15

Filed under: CMS, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice. Location: Illinois.

A jury has awarded the family of a prisoner who died while in the Kane County Illinois Jail $229,500. On May 16, 2002, after 92 hours of deliberation, the jury returned a verdict against Correctional Medical Services of Illinois, the jail's health care contractor. The total award was originally $450,000 ...

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