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$25,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Lawsuit

Loaded on March 15, 2011

Filed under: Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Workplace Injury, Immunity/Liability, Premises Liability. Location: District of Columbia.

The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $25,000 to settle the negligence lawsuit of prisoner Donnell Thomas for injuries sustained while helping unload supplies from an Aramark food service vehicle.

While being held at Lorton Correctional Facility on August 4, 2000, Thomas was working in the kitchen when Cpl. Knox instructed ...

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