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Texas Court of Appeals Upholds $42.5 Million Award Against Wackenhut / GEO Group by Matthew Clarke Texas Court of Appeals Upholds $42.5 Million Award Against Wackenhut / GEO Group by Matt Clarke On April 2, 2009, a Texas Court of Appeals upheld a jury award of $22,000,000 in actual damages …
New York Jury Awards $1,400,006 to Former Prisoner for Beating by Guards; Punitive Damages Later Reduced by David Reutter New York Jury Awards $1,400,006 to Former Prisoner for Beating by Guards; Punitive Damages Later Reduced by David M. Reutter A New York federal jury awarded $1,400,006 to a former prisoner …
First Circuit Awards Defendant Costs Under FRCP 68; Plaintiff Rejected $10,000 Offer, Was Awarded $5,500 by Mark Wilson First Circuit Awards Defendant Costs Under FRCP 68; Plaintiff Rejected ?$10,000 Offer, Was Awarded $5,500 by Mark Wilson The First Circuit Court of Appeals has awarded a defendant costs under Federal Rule …
$875,001 Verdict in Beating of Massachusetts Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Finding that a guard at Massachusetts’ Suffolk County House of Correction (SCHC) had violated a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment rights and committed assault and battery, a federal jury awarded the prisoner $875,001 in damages. The 121-page complaint …
New Trial and JNOV Denial Upheld in $15,545,000 Michigan Prisoner Sexual Harassment Case by Matthew Clarke New Trial and JNOV Denial Upheld in $15,545,000 Michigan Prisoner Sexual Harassment Case by Matt Clarke On January 27, 2009, the Michigan Court of Appeals upheld a trial court’s denial of a motion for …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Alameda County, CA Settles Juvenile Detainee Strip Search Suit for $4.3 Million by John Dannenberg Alameda County, CA Settles Juvenile Detainee Strip Search Suit for $4.3 Million by John E. Dannenberg In July 2008, Alameda County, California settled a class-action civil rights suit brought by former juvenile detainees of the …
Florida Judge Criticizes State’s Efforts to Seize Prisoner’s Federal Civil Rights Judgment by David Reutter Florida Judge Criticizes State’s Efforts to Seize Prisoner’s Federal Civil Rights Judgment by David M. Reutter In a concurring opinion that affirmed the imposition of a “civil restitution” lien of $50 per day for a …
Ninth Circuit: County Contractor that Counsels Bad-Check Writers Not Entitled to State Sovereign Immunity from Suit by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that a private firm hired by a California county to run a diversion program for bad-check writers was …
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
$1 Million Settlement Fund Established in New Mexico Jail Strip Search Settlement by David Reutter $1 Million Settlement Fund Established in New Mexico Jail Strip Search Settlement by David M. Reutter A $1 million settlement fund has been established in a class action lawsuit alleging an unconstitutional blanket strip search …
Overdetained California Prisoner Wins $21,800 for False Imprisonment by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal upheld a Superior Court verdict of $21,800 against state prison officials in a lawsuit filed by a prisoner whose eventually-corrected good time credit earning rate resulted in his being released …
Article • May 15, 2009
First Circuit Holds $177,729.96 Award for Attorney Fees and Expenses Not Excessive by On April 24, 2008, five Massachusetts jail guards were awarded more than $17,000 in compensatory damages and over $175,000 in attorney's fees and expenses to be paid by Bristol County, Massa¬chusetts Sheriff Thomas Hodgson. Hodgson had accused …
Article • May 15, 2009
Missouri DOC Ordered to Pay Ex-Prisoner $10,600 for Wrongful Imprisonment by On May 20, 2005, a federal jury in Eastern Missouri awarded ex-prisoner, Daryl Davis, $10,600 after corrections officials in that State failed to release him for almost 60 days after his court-ordered release. Convicted of theft in St. Louis …
Prison Guard wins $18,000 in Discrimination Suit Against DOC by An African-American prison guard at Wisconsin's Jackson Correctional Facility filed suit against the DOC and two prison officials under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The plaintiff, Sergeant Davis, had recently been demoted after a hearing regarding …
Article • May 15, 2009
A Final Frontier in Prisoner Litigation: Does Bivens Extend to Employees of Private Prisons Who Violate the Constitution? by Matthew Tikonoff A Final Frontier in Prisoner Litigation Does Bivens Extend to Employees of Private Prisons Who Violate the Constitution? By: Matthew W. Tikonoff Suffolk University Law Review - Volume 40, …
Youth Club Volunteer Wins $269,000 Judgment Against Seattle Police Officer; Court Orders $147,164 in Attorney’s Fees by In May 2008, Romelle Bradford, a youth club volunteer in Seattle, Washington, was awarded $269,000 by a federal jury for civil rights violations perpetrated by Seattle Police officer Jacob Briskey. Bradford, the 2003 …
$1.25 Million Awarded to Cop for Sex Discrimination, Retaliation by On April 22, 2008, the Second Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal upheld a $1.25 million judgment for a City of Whittier police officer on retaliation and sex discrimination claims. Gina Zanone sued the City of Whittier for …
$15,000,000 Verdict for LA Police Officers Upheld by On July 14, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a $15,000,000 verdict for three LA police officers who suffered civil rights violations related to an improper and negligent investigation into the officers’ alleged illegal conduct. Paul Harper, …
$45,000 Awarded to Muslim Woman Forced to Remove Headscarf at California Jail by On October 8, 2008, the County of San Bernadino and Sheriff Gary Penrod agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) and the First Amendment. Jameelah …
$300,000 for Family of Prisoner who Bled to Death Waiting on Ambulance by The County of San Bernardino has settled a lawsuit brought by the estate of a woman who bled to death due to an undiagnosed pregnancy condition while waiting on an ambulance. Luan Morales started hemorrhaging while at …
$500,000 Awarded to Family of Parolee Mistakenly Shot and Killed by Live Ammunition by On November 9, 2004, the City of Redondo Beach was ordered to pay $500,000 to the family of a California parolee who was killed by police after being mistakenly shot by live ammunition instead of “bean …
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