Cook v. Corizon, LLC (CONSENT)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION EMMA D. COOK, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2:17-cv-178-SMD ) CORIZON, LLC, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) OPINION & ORDER I. INTRODUCTION This case arises from the death of a State prisoner, John S. Cook (Cook), due to allegedly substandard prison medical care. Plaintiff, the personal representative of Cook’s estate,1 brings

42 U.S.C. § 1983

deliberate indifference, Amd. Compl. (Doc. 26) Count VI, and state-law medical malpractice and wrongful death claims,

id.

Counts I & II, against the Alabama…