Lawyers for former Alabama prison healthcare provider ask to be removed from cases

By: Ralph Chapoco

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: May 5, 2026

Words: 483

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago


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A Birmingham law firm representing a Tennessee-based healthcare company that recently lost a $1 billion contract with the Alabama Department of Corrections has requested to withdraw from two lawsuits involving the company.

Philip Paggott, a shareholder with Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A., wrote in a filing with the U.S. Middle District of Alabama that YesCare, doing business as Corizon Health Care (CHS) had not paid the firm since the beginning of the year.

“The …

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