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The Robins Kaplan Justice Report - Vol. 19, No. 1 - March 2025

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A recent $2.75 million settlement by Robins Kaplan LLP has drawn attention to a troubling case of deliberate indifference to medical needs at Anoka County Jail (the “Jail”). Deyonta Green, who struggled with addiction issues,...more

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The Robins Kaplan Justice Report - Vol. 18, No. 1

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Robins Kaplan Secures Historic $12.2 Million Settlement in a Section 1983 Jail Deliberate Indifference Case - Scott County Jail officials failed to report detained man’s injuries and allowed video evidence to be deleted. ...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law

Medicaid and the LawFoley Hoag LLP CMS Approves Two New Medicaid Waivers to Expand Coverage, Provide Flexibilities

On September 28, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued approval letters for Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration applications previously submitted by Oregon and Massachusetts. Section 1115 waivers...more

Sands Anderson PC

Fourth Circuit Finds That West Virginia Expert Certification Requirement Does Not Apply to Inmate’s Medical Malpractice Claim

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The defenses available to healthcare providers in federal court are more limited after a recent Fourth Circuit ruling. In Pledger v. Lynch, the plaintiff appealed the dismissal of his medical malpractice claim against the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Ninth Circuit to Decide Transgender Inmate’s Right to Sex-Reassignment Surgery; First and Fifth Circuits Have Rejected Similar...

Prison healthcare litigation has been on the rise throughout the country. Private healthcare providers for state prison systems are often caught up in class actions or complex injunctive-relief litigation targeting both the...more

White and Williams LLP

Delaware Court Rejects Contract Liability Theory in Medical Negligence Case

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In Sipple v. Connections Community Support Programs, Inc., the Delaware Superior Court rejected a breach of contract claim filed by a former prison inmate who claimed that he received substandard medical care while...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Private Health Care Providers Should Understand the Risks When Treating Inmates - BB&K's Jared Goldman Examines the Potential...

If you have worked in correctional health care for a while, you have heard about the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against “deliberate indifference” to an inmate’s medical needs. But you may be unaware of the patchwork of...more

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