Weintraub ex rel. Weintraub v. Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc.

ORDER

Amy Totenberg, United States District Judge

This case arises out of the death of Dr. William Weintraub in a prison transport van in Georgia from an alleged untreated ulcer and septic infection. Plaintiff, Weintraub’s surviving heir and the administrator of his estate, filed suit against Defendants Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc. (“ACH”) and Prisoner Transport Services of America, LLC (“PTS”), asserting claims for negligence, medical negligence, and damages under Georgia’s wrongful death statute.

Defendant PTS, a Tennessee corporation that provides contract transportation services to…