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$1.2 Million Awarded Against PHS After Florida Jail Prisoner Paralyzed

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2011 published in Prison Legal News August, 2011, page 24

Filed under: Private Prisons, Prison Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Nervous System, Skeletal Injury, Private Contractors, Skeletal Disorder, Failure to Treat, Malpractice. Location: Florida.

A federal jury in Florida has awarded $1.2 million to a former prisoner who was paralyzed due to deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs while he was incarcerated at the Lee County Jail. The jury found that the jail’s for-profit medical provider, Prison Health Services (PHS), was solely liable. ...

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