Inmate Sues Over Delayed Treatment Of Leg Injury

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A former inmate at a western Pennsylvania prison has filed suit for what he says was the delayed treatment of his leg injury.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports 43-year-old Christopher Prince is suing Allegheny County, Corizon Health Inc. and seven staff members of either the Allegheny County Jail or Corizon.

Prince, currently held in SCI-Greene, claims the Allegheny County Jail's medical services provider left his broken leg untreated for 22 days in October and November 2013.

The lawsuit states that because of the delay, hospital staff had to re-break Prince's leg on Nov. 18, 2013 so they could operate on it.

Prince says he's been told that he may never recover full use of the leg.

A county spokeswoman declined comment. A spokesman for Corizon couldn't be reached for comment.

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