CASE PREVIEW · United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Putman v County of Tuscola
Nominal Defendant and Insurer Discovery After Wellpath’s Bankruptcy
Decided
The citation
Putman v County of Tuscola, opinion and order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, issued November 5, 2026 (Case No. 1:23-cv-10427)
From the case summary
Putman alleged that defendants intentionally withheld his prescribed heart medications at the Tuscola County Jail and that he then suffered an acute cardiac arrhythmia that led to coronary-artery occlusion. Correctional Healthcare Companies, LLC (CHC), an affiliate of Wellpath, moved to dismiss based on Wellpath’s Chapter…
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