Wellpath, a health care provider for hospitals, prisons and jails, has been dogged by wrongful death and medical negligence suits. What happens to those cases now that it has filed for bankruptcy?

El Paso County has reached a multi-million dollar settlement with a paraplegic man who sustained injuries under the watch of ...

Wellpath called its legal troubles "transitory" from inmate deaths, neglect and abuse claims nationwide. The company paid out $110 million in legal settlements between 2019 and 2023, according to ...

Wellpath is owned by the private equity firm H.I.G. Capital and is among the biggest providers of health care for jail and prison inmates in the United States, with more than 15,000 employees in ...

Wellpath spokeswoman Teresa Koeberlein declined to comment on the lawsuit, and Tuck could not be reached. Correct Care Solutions provided medical services in the El Paso County jail for nearly two ...

Wellpath contracts with numerous jails and prisons in the U.S. According to the lawsuit, before a company merger with Wellpath, Correct Care Solutions was facing 1,400 federal lawsuits.

A Wellpath display is pictured at a conference organized by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., April 9, 2019.

Wellpath has been the county’s jail health care provider since 2017, but there have been several issues, including staff shortages and compliance failures. The county’s contract with Wellpath ...

Wellpath LLC, County of Alameda, City of Fremont and California Forensic Medical Group; Case 4:24-cv-01961 (March 29, 2024).

Wellpath and its lawyers did not respond to interview requests. The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office and the county’s attorney both declined to comment.

As for Wellpath Recovery Solutions, we are proud of our record, and at institutions comparable to API, we experienced a single lawsuit in all of 2018 – at API’s current census levels, this ...