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PHS Pays $350,000 to Settle Claim for Over-Medication Death of Florida Jail Prisoner

Loaded on April 15, 2006 published in Prison Legal News April, 2006, page 16

Filed under: Private Prisons, Prison Health Services, Medication, Medical Neglect/Malpractice. Location: Florida.

Prison Health Services (PHS) has, once again, entered into a pretrial settlement to pay the family of a prisoner who died from the negligent care provided by PHS at Floridas Leon County Detention Center (LCOC).
The parents of a Ruth Hubbs brought this action in Leon County Circuit Court, but ...

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