The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that the Federal Appellate Court for Northern Illinois has ruled that a civil suit against Centegra can proceed, but McHenry County and Correctional Officers are off the hook.
The suit is about the hanging suicide of Algerian immigration detainee Hassiba Belbachir in the McHenry County Jail. She overstayed her visa.
She was not put on suicide watch in2005 even though she told a clinical social worker she’d “rather did than live like this,” according to the Sun-Times article, which was written for the Federal Court Reporter. (I can find no link to the Sun-Times article.)
Appellate Court Justice Richard Posner wrote the decision.
There is conflicting evidence concerning jail records which the Court thought worthy of a trial.
According to Internal Revenue Department filings, Centegra Health System owns Centegra Insurance Services, Ltd., based in the Grand Cayman. It is a malpractice insurance provider.
In Fiscal Year 2011, the insurance company reported income of $2.4 million and expenses of $1.6 million.
Total assets were almost $15 million as of the end of June, 2011.
Maybe this is it:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/21912180-418/court-oks-suit-by-family-of-woman-who-hanged-herself-in-mchenry-jail.html
Yeah, because after all, a not-for-profit with 4 hospitals in McHenry County has an ethical reason to have a corporate presence in Grand Cayman. Not.
Who runs Centegra Insurance Services, LTD.?
From the Cayman Captive Forum 2012 Attendee Directory A-Z; held 13-Mar-2013;
http://tinyurl.com/pkxfg7l
Chairman & Director: Michael Eesley
President: Aaron Shepley
Vice President/Director: Charles Ruth
Directors: Bill Cox, Mike Curran, Charie Zanck, Eric Zornow
Advisors: Jim Adamson, Bill Shipman, Jason Sciaro
Forgot to mention Tom Carey as a Director.
A full list from the Cayman Captive Forum 2012
Adamson, Jim Advisor
Carey, Tom Director
Cox, Bill Director
Curran, Mike Director
Eesley, Michael Director & Chairman
Ruth, Charles Director & VP
Sciarro, Jason Advisor
Shepley, Aaron President
Shipman, Bill Advisor
Zanck, Charie Director
Zornow, Eric Officer