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Ex-Alabama prison inmate gets $400K after toes amputated from medical neglect
A Mobile federal jury awarded a former Alabama prison inmate $400,000 on Tuesday after all the toes on his left foot had to be amputated because prison medical staff failed to treat his wounds, court records showed.
Dr. Manuel Pouparinaa “was deliberately indifferent to the medical needs of Canyon Moye,” the jury determined, according to court records showed.,
Moye, a resident of Uriah, in Monroe County, was an inmate at the Escambia County Jail, Kilby Correctional Facility in Montgomery and Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore.
Moye had back surgery in 2015 that led to a lack of feeling in his feet, and sustained a wound to his left toe while walking barefoot in 2016. He was treated for the injury in 2017 and 2018.
Shortly after Moye was incarcerated at Kilby in August 2019, his left foot developed blisters, which he claimed was a result of the “poor quality of shoes” he was issued in prison.
The wound deteriorated, and following complaints by his father about the conditions at Kilby, Moye was transferred to Fountain.
When he arrived at the Atmore prison in September or early October 2019, the wound worsened, his lawsuit stated.
“By late October 2019, there was a stench from the wounds on Plaintiff’s foot and there were holes in the pad of Plaintiff’s foot below the big toe and below the middle toe area,” the suit stated.
Moye was given “little to no treatment other than cleaning the wound and … some ointment to apply,” according to the suit.
“The failure to send the Plaintiff to a wound care physician and/or a general surgeon was unreasonable, harsh, and a deliberate indifference to the medical needs of the Plaintiff, given the obvious severity of his condition and the need for immediate and in-depth treatment,” the lawsuit stated. “Any qualified nurse or medical doctor would and/or should have known that an infected wound of this nature would cause sever additional injury if not quickly and properly treated. Further, the prison guards and the warden at Fountain knew or should have known that the obvious, severe injury suffered by Plaintiff needed immediate and in-depth medical treatment.”
Pouparina serves as the medical director at Fountain but is employed by Wexford Medical Services Inc., which has a contract to provide health services to Alabama inmates. He along with nurses who work for Wexford treated Moye.
Moye said he asked the prison warden “for adequate medical treatment for his deteriorating foot” but the request was ignored.
“This caused Plaintiff’s wound to worsen to the point where all of the toes on his left foot had to be amputated,” the suit stated.
After further neglect from the warden, the wound deteriorated “to the point where a significant hole on his foot developed,” according to the lawsuit.
Nurses and other medical staff who work for Wexford refused Moye’s request for medical treatment, the suit alleged.
In 2020, Moye was eventually sent for a consultation with a general surgeon who performed the amputation.
Moye was housed at the county jail during recovery and the wound healed, but again developed a hole in his foot after being returned to Fountain.
“Fountain personnel and the Wexford staff of medical personnel continued to provide inadequate treatment by not properly packing the wounds, not properly wrapping the wound, and not allowing necessary treatment modalities,” the suit stated. “The failure to adequately treat Plaintiff’s wound caused the wound to continue to fester for the additional 12-plus months Plaintiff remained at Fountain following his surgery.”
The Mobile jury, which awarded Moye $400,000 in compensatory damages, found the former inmate was not entitled to any punitive damages.
The Alabama Crimson Tide continues its momentum on the recruiting trail by accepting the commitment of specialist Alex Asparuhov.
Asparuhov, considered the No. 3 punter in the Class of 2025 by specialist expert Jamie Kohl, announced his commitment on his social media on Saturday while taking an official visit to Tuscaloosa.
He becomes the Crimson Tide’s first specialist in the class and brings Alabama to 15 total commits in its No. 3 ranked Class of 2025. The 6-foot-3, 190-pound kicker and punter is out of San Joaquin Memorial in Fresno, Calif.
Kohl describes Asparuhov as the most fundamentally sound punter in the class grading out as a 5-star punter at his camps. He had scholarship offers from Oklahoma and Florida in addition to Alabama.
As a junior, he appeared in 10 games making 32 punts for 1,392 total yards averaging 43.5 yards per punt with a long of 68-yards, downing 14 inside the 20-yard line. He also had 21 touchbacks off the kicking tee on 34 kickoffs. He made 15 of 17 extra point attempts and converted six of nine field goal tries with a long of 42 yards.
The Alabama men’s golf team added the 2024 Scottish Open Men’s Champion out of the transfer portal. Head coach Jay Seawell announced on Friday that Dominic Clemons will transfer from Stetson to Alabama to join the Alabama program.
The rising junior joins signees Michael Crocker, Nick Gross and William Jennings as Alabama’s 2024-25 signing class.
“We are excited to add Dominic to our program. He has proven at each level that he is a great player. He will help us contend for championships and I can’t wait to get him on campus,” said Seawell.
Clemons won the 2024 Scottish Men’s Open Championship at Muirfield by 17-shots and will compete in tThe Amateur Championship in Britain starting on June 17. He earned unanimous First Team All-ASUN this past year at Stetson and won ASUN Golfer of the Week three times.
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Alabama has been awarded a Silver Shovel Award from national business publication Area Development, honoring another billion-dollar year of economic development project announcements in 2023.
Alabama qualified for a Silver Shovel award in the category of states with populations between 5 million and 8 million, taking into account the number of jobs, the amount of investment, and other factors. Tennessee and Indiana also received Silver Shovels.
Gov. Kay Ivey said the award is a “strong testament to Alabama’s pro-business environment and to the capabilities of our workers, who can rise to meet any challenge.”
The annual awards recognize states that see project announcements with significant job creation, infrastructure improvements and strategies that attract new employers and investments.
Alabama also was recognized for one of the magazine’s “Projects of the Year,” for German appliance maker Miele’s decision to locate its first U.S. plant in Opelika.
Area Development also recognized other projects.
“The state lists a wide range of impressive projects, including an investment at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing to retool for the next generation of the Santa Fe as well as a big investment at Nemak, a maker of auto components,” the publication stated. “Nucor is building a state-of-the-art transmission tower production plant in Decatur, next to the company’s sheet steel mill, and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp. picked Gadsden for a highly automated facility to make non-radiological modules for its microreactors.”
Cable maker Southwire’s expansion in Florence was also mentioned.
“At its core, economic development is about creating job opportunities for citizens and injecting vitality into communities so they can prosper over the long term,” Ellen McNair, Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce, said.
“That’s why we do the job — and why we’ll keep doing it.”
Companies last year announced projects for Alabama involving $6.4 billion in capital investment, with nearly 9,000 direct jobs to be created.
Area Development has honored Alabama with Gold Shovel Awards in 2006, 2013, 2019 and 2021, and Silver Shovel Awards for 2007–2012, 2014–2018, and 2022.
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