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$450,000 Settlement to Illinois Prisoner Whose Untreated Boil Left Him Paraplegic

by Harold Hempstead

On August 17, 2021, after the IllinoisDepartment of Corrections (DOC) paid $450,000 to settle claims of medical neglect that cost him the use of his legs, a state prisoner successfully petitioned a federal court to dismiss his lawsuit.

In September 2017, while held at Hill Correctional Center, ...

 

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