SOUTHFIELD, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A six-person jury handed down a $6.4 million verdict against Corizon Health’s employees in a federal court trial in Lansing, Mich. The wrongful death lawsuit was filed Jan. 14, 2020, and the verdict was rendered on Dec. 1, 2022. Attorneys Jennifer Damico and Sarah Gorski of The Buckfire Law Firm tried the case to verdict after three weeks of witness testimony.
Corizon Health is a privately held prison healthcare contractor in the United States. The company provides healthcare to approximately 28 clients in 15 states, including 139 state prisons, municipal jails, and other facilities. The company is headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn.
Corizon had contracted with Kent County to provide medical care and treatment to inmates at the Kent County Correctional Facility in Grand Rapids, Mich. The lawsuit alleged Wade Jones died from grossly mismanaged serious alcohol withdrawal syndrome due to the deliberate indifference of the healthcare company’s employees in violation of his federal rights under the United States Constitution.
“Delirium tremens is a known, fatal and preventable complication of alcohol withdrawal. No one should die from alcohol withdrawal syndrome if properly managed. Mr. Jones was at the mercy of the Corizon medical staff. He could not leave. He could not go to an emergency department on his own,” Damico said. “The Defendants had numerous chances to save his life. They made conscious and repeated decisions to not act — and the...
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