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Widow of Murdered Maine Prisoner Paid $100,000 Settlement

Loaded on Aug. 12, 2016

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Injury -- Misc., Diabetes, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death). Location: Maine.

On February 26, 2014, Janet Weinstein, widow of murdered Maine state prisoner Sheldon Weinstein, was paid $100,000 to settle any claim she had against the State of Maine or Corizon, Inc., the provider of prisoner health care at the Maine State Prison.

Sheldon Weinstein, 64, was in the middle of ...

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