Thursday, June 22, 2023 10am to 10:40am
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Edward Zaragoza is incarcerated at the Indiana Department of Correction. He has been diagnosed with a chronic medical condition and must take medication daily. Zaragoza suffers multiple adverse side effects from the medication he has been prescribed. He sued Wexford of Indiana alleging (1) medical malpractice, (2) that his Eighth Amendment rights had been violated, and (3) that Wexford was responsible for his treating physicians’ actions. The Marion Superior Court granted Wexford summary judgment on all of Zaragoza’s claims. On direct appeal, Zaragoza raised only the medical malpractice and Eighth Amendment claims, which the Court of Appeals affirmed. Zaragoza v. Wexford of Indiana, LLC, et al., 2022 WL 3223377 (Ind. Ct. App. 2022). The Indiana Supreme Court has granted a petition to transfer and accepted jurisdiction over the case.
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