Florida Jury Rules Against Medical Clinic in a $16 Million Medical Malpractice Case

A Santa Rosa County, FL, jury ruled in favor of the plaintiff in a medical malpractice case against Correctional Health Services. The suit was brought by the family of Misty Williamson, who was incarcerated at the Santa Rosa County Jail when she contracted pneumonia and died in 2016.

Armor Correctional Health Services was contracted to perform medical services at the Santa Rosa County Jail between 2012 and 2018. The case against the company alleged that staff neglected to provide proper medical care to Williamson, including failing to transfer her to a local emergency room in a timely manner. Williamson’s pneumonia turned into sepsis; she was 44 years old when she died of septic shock.

This verdict is one of many against Armor Correctional Health Services. Since its founding in 2004, the company has been sued in federal courts nearly 600 times. Major allegations against Armor have included medical malpractice, wrongful deaths, and employment law violations. These issues aren’t isolated: they’ve been present in prisons, and jails Armor has worked in around the country.

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