Prison Health Contractor YesCare’s Bankrupt Affiliate Gets New Mediator
null By Akiko MatsudaNov. 14, 2023 7:07 pm ET|WSJ ProYesCare, among the nation’s largest providers of healthcare in prisons and jails, was established as a result of Corizon splitting itself into two entities. Photo: Ross D. Franklin/Associated PressA Texas bankruptcy judge on Tuesday appointed a new mediator for Tehum Care Services, a bankrupt affiliate of prison health provider YesCare, to revisit its $37 million settlement facilitated in August by former judge David R. Jones, who resigned from the bench last month following an ethics controversy. Jones’s resignation followed an official complaint filed by the chief judge of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, stating probable cause existed to believe that Jones had committed misconduct surrounding his undisclosed romantic relationship with bankruptcy lawyer Elizabeth Freeman, whose then-employer Jackson Walker frequently appeared before Jones.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Tuesday appointed a new mediator for Tehum Care Services, a bankrupt affiliate of prison health provider YesCare, to revisit its $37 million settlement facilitated in August by former judge David R. Jones, who resigned from the bench last month following an ethics controversy.
Jones’s resignation followed an official complaint filed by the chief judge of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, stating probable cause existed to believe that Jones had committed misconduct surrounding his undisclosed romantic relationship with bankruptcy lawyer Elizabeth Freeman, whose then-employer Jackson Walker frequently appeared before Jones.
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