$2 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over N.Y. Prisoner Denied Emergency Eye Surgery Until She Went Blind

Loaded on Jan. 1, 2021 by Matthew Clarke published in Verdict1 January, 2021, page 56

Filed under: Blind Prisoners, Failure to Treat, Settlements. Location: New York.

by Matt Clarke

On August 10, 2020, the U.S. signed off on a settlement of $2 million, including up to 25% in attorney fees, in a lawsuit brought by a federal prisoner who was denied necessary emergency eye surgery for closed-angle glaucoma for months. By the time she received the ...

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