$875,000 Award for Illinois Prisoner’s Delay 
in Getting Hernia Surgery



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    • July 8, 2025 at 3:15 am #10177
      Kris Marker
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      Loaded on June 1, 2025

      by David M. Reutter


      published in Prison Legal News
      June, 2025, page 17

      Filed under:

      Systemic Medical Neglect,

      Hernias.

      Location:

      Illinois.

      On April 1, 2024, jury in federal court for the Northern District of Illinois awarded $875,000 to state prisoner John E. Taylor, Jr., after finding officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) and its contracted medical provider, Wexford Health Sources, had violated his constitutional rights with the deliberate indifference …

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