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Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Filed under: Premises Liability
Ohio DOC Pays $2,000 to Prisoner Burned on Exposed Steam Pipe by Ohio DOC Pays $2,000 to Prisoner Burned on Exposed Steam Pipe The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has agreed to pay prisoner Ivan Lacking $2,000 for injuries he received in a unit stairwell while on the way …
CCA Pays $6,000 Settlement in Dangerous Conditions Causing Tennessee Prisoner’s Slip and Fall by CCA Pays $6,000 Settlement in Dangerous Conditions Causing Tennessee Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Corrections Corporation of America paid $6,184.71 to settle a claim brought by Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility prisoner James A. Reese, who alleged negligence …
CCA and Aramark Pay $2,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Suit by CCA and Aramark Pay $2,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Suit The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and Aramark Correctional Services (Aramark) paid a combined $2,000 to settle a Tennessee prisoner’s slip and fall claim. The …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Filed under: Premises Liability
$7,500 Award for Ohio Prisoner in Slip and Fall Accident by David Reutter $7,500 Award for Ohio Prisoner in Slip and Fall Accident by David Reutter An Ohio Court of Claims awarded over $7,500 to a prisoner for injuries suffered from a slip and fall, after finding liability for negligence …
Article • February 4, 2015 • from PLN February, 2015
Fifth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s Suit Claiming Lack of Medical Care by Matthew Clarke Fifth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s Suit Claiming Lack of Medical Care by Matt Clarke On March 12, 2014, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed in part a district court’s dismissal of a lawsuit …
Article • January 9, 2015
GA Prisoner Injured While Working on Warden’s House Awarded $105,000 by GA Prisoner Injured While Working on Warden’s House Awarded $105,000 A Georgia jury awarded $105,000 to a prisoner in a premises liability suit. The award followed four hours of deliberation into the liability for the serious injuries incurred by …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
California: State Settles Prisoner’s Lawsuit for $10,000, then Delays Payment by In June 2010, Cion Adonis Peralta signed a Full Release of All Claims in a federal lawsuit he filed in 2005, alleging that officials at CSP-Lancaster had violated his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. In exchange for …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
California: Prison Visitor Settles Slip-and-Fall Suit for $175,000 by Richard Allen Barton, Sr. has settled a lawsuit he filed against the State of California and officials at Avenal State Prison, agreeing to accept $175,000 in exchange for dismissal of the suit. On July 11, 2008, while visiting a prisoner at …
Article • February 15, 2012
California: $3,500 Settlement to Woman Hit by Door Opened by Police Officer by California’s County of Sacramento paid $3,500 to settle the claim of Nancy R. Wesley for injuries she incurred on November 24, 2002. As she was standing in line to put money on her daughter’s books at the …
Article • November 15, 2011
$35,000 Settlement in Personal Injury Negligence Suit Against California Department of Corrections by A California prisoner received a $35,000 settlement in a personal injury negligence suit. Prisoner Andre M. Smith was imprisoned at the California Men’s Colony on April 19, 2005. While getting off his bed, the chain broke and …
Article • July 15, 2011
Texas Prisoner's Premises Defect Suit Against Dallas County Reinstated by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke A Texas court of appeals has reinstated the pro se, in forma pauperis negligence and premises defect tort suit brought by a Texas prisoner against Dallas County and the Sheriff of Dallas County after …
Article • July 15, 2011
Pierce County, Washington Personal Injury Results in $1,200 Settlement by Washington State’s Pierce County paid $1,200 to settle a prisoner’s personal injury claim. In October 2001, prisoner James E. Thomas had a grand mal seizure, which caused him to have a spinal injury, while in court at the Pierce County …
Article • May 15, 2011
One-legged man forced to climb into top bunk wins $1,000 by On September 27, 2009, the District of Columbia agreed to pay $1,000 to a disabled man who was injured after being forced to climb into a top bunk. William Mercer sued the District after falling twice while attempting to …
Article • May 15, 2011
Fall From Top Bunk Results in $5,500 Settlement for D.C. Jail Prisoner by On March 16, 2007, the District of Columbia agreed to pay $5,500 to a man who fell from his bunk while at the D.C. Jail. Vernal Gabriel sued the District in 2004 after he fell while attempting …
Article • May 15, 2011
D.C. Agrees to Pay $1,000 to Settle Negligence Suit Over Conditions at Lorton by On August 3, 2000, the District of Columbia agreed to settle a negligence suit brought on behalf of a prisoner at the now-closed Lorton Reformatory. On September 13, 1996, guards instructed Keith John Lewis to move …
Article • May 15, 2011
Disabled Washington Prisoner Paid $15,000 for Concussion, Neck Injury by On October 14, 2004, the State of Washington paid $15,000 to settle with a prisoner who was injured when a handicapped shower bench collapsed at the Stafford Creek Correctional Center. The prisoner, who suffered severe neck injury, a concussion, and …
Article • May 15, 2011
$3,000 Settlement in Slip and Fall Case by On January 22, 2001, the District of Columbia agreed to pay $3,000 to a prisoner who slipped and fell after stepping into a drainage hole that lacked a protective grill. While housed at the maximum security facility CB#1 at Lorton Reformatory, Darryl …
Article • May 15, 2011
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $6,500 to Settle Slip and Fall Claim by On November 14, 2007, the State of Washington agreed to pay a woman who slipped and fell at the entrance of a Department of Corrections (DOC) facility $6,500. Beverly Smith slipped and fell while leaving a DOC …
Article • April 15, 2011
$24,500 Settlement in Slip and Fall Suit by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $24,500 to settle a slip and fall and negligent maintenance suit filed by Florida prisoner Randolf Bailey. The incident occurred on October 2, 2002 at South Bay Correctional Facility. In his complaint, Bailey claims he was exiting the …
Article • April 15, 2011
$35,000 Settlement in Florida Prisoner’s Negligence Claim, Failure to Correct Dangerous Condition Against Geo Group by The Geo Group, Inc., Florida Correctional Finance Corporation, South Bay Correctional Facilities Financing Corporation and the Florida Department of Corrections paid $35,000 to settle a prisoner’s negligence claim. The settlement came in a lawsuit …
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