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Santa Clara County Sheriff Accused of Coverup After $10 Million Payout to Mentally Ill Detainee Who Severely Injured Himself During Jail Transport by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart An October 2022 report by the Office of Correction and Law Enforcement (OCLE) in California’s Santa Clara County faults the county Sheriff’s …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Almost $650,000 Paid by Illinois to Prisoner Who Lost Leg to Untreated Diabetes by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On February 2, 2023, the federal court for the Central District of Illinois denied a motion to overturn a $400,000 jury verdict for a state prisoner, who suffered serious complications arising …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
$11.75 Million Settlement for Prisoner Beating in Pheonix Jail by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On June 7, 2022, the federal court for the District of Arizona granted dismissal to claims made by the mother of an 18-year-old prisoner left permanently disabled in a brutal beating at Maricopa County’s …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Second Circuit Takes Back $20,000 Emotional Damage Award from Former Federal Prisoner in New York by Benjamin Tschirhart by Ben Tschirhart On August 16, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed the verdict of a federal jury, stripping $20,000 in damages awarded to a former federal …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: Settlements, Overdetention
$2.375 Million Settlement in Over-Detention Suit at Santa Clara California Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 16, 2022, the federal court for the Northern District of California entered final approval of a settlement agreement in a class-action suit alleging Santa Clara County continued to hold detainees …
$35,000 Awarded to Federal Prisoner in Kentucky Who Accused Guards of Using Excessive Force by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart In July 2019, Jonathan Lee Smith was a prisoner at the U.S. Penitentiary near Kentucky’s Big Sandy River, when he got in a fight with another prisoner and guards responded. …
Article • March 9, 2023
$350,000 Settlement Reached in Florida Prisoner’s Murder by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed on March 25, 2022, to pay $350,000 to resolve a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of murdered prisoner Anthony Vidal. The lawsuit was filed after Vidal was …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Over $298,000 Awarded to Alabama Jail Detainee with Heart Disease After Guards, Nurses Ignored Firing Defibrillator by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After a federal jury awarded $135,000 to an Alabama man deprived of medical care for a heart condition while detained at the Autauga County Jail (ACJ), the …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
$1.455 Million Settlement for Discrimination Against Black Minnesota Jail Guards Barred from Watching Floyd Killer by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 9, 2022, the Board of Commissioners (BOC) of Minnesota’s Ramsey County approved a payment of $1.445 million to settle a lawsuit alleging Black guards at the …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Escapes, Dogs, Settlements
$175,000 Paid by California County to Escaped Prisoner Mauled By K-9 During Recapture by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On September 21, 2021, an agreement was fully executed by California’s Merced County agreeing to pay $175,000 to a state prisoner who was mauled by a county K-9 when recaptured after …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
$87,000 Paid to Virginia Prisoner Kicked in Testicles by Guard by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On June 22, 2022, an attorney for theVirginia Department of Corrections signed off on an agreement to pay $87,000 to settle a state prisoner’s claims that he was kicked in the testicles by a …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Death
$350,000 Settlement Reached in Florida Prisoner’s Murder by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed on March 25, 2022, to pay $350,000 to resolve a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of murdered prisoner Anthony Vidal. The lawsuit was filed after Vidal was …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Transgender Idaho Prisoner Who Won Gender Conforming Surgery Awarded Over $2.6 Million in Legal Fees by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD On September 30, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho awarded $2,631,593 in attorneys fees and expenses to a former state prisoner, who successfully …
Article • February 22, 2023
Jury Awards $2 Million to Nurse in Sexual Harassment Case against Missouri Prison Officials by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On December 27, 2022, in Missouri’s 19th Circuit Court, Judge Jon Beetem ordered the state Department of Corrections (DOC) to pay $2 million in punitive damages to a …
Article • February 2, 2023
Fired Pittsburgh Jail Guard Wins Over $850,000 in Retaliation Case by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barret In October 2022, a jury in the federal Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania awarded $400,000 in compensatory damages to former Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) guard Jeffery Kengerski in his federal employment rights …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
$959,000 Paid by Pennsylvania County in Deaths of Two Detainees, Plus at Least $750,000 from PrimeCare by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye For the 2018 deaths of two detainees at Pennsylvania’s Bucks County Correctional Facility (BCCF), the county has agreed to pay a total of $959,000. Its privately contracted …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
$20,000 Paid by Centurion and MHM Health Professionals to Arizona Prisoner for Alleged Deliberate Indifference and Medical Negligence by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On June 24, 2022, a prisoner in the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) accepted $20,000 to settle his claims of deliberate indifference and medical negligence against …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Award Slashed for Delaware Prisoner Sexually Groped by Guard by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On August 24, 2022, the federal court for the District of Delaware granted a state prison guard’s request and nearly eliminated the damages against him awarded to a prisoner that a jury found had …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Former Judges in Pennsylvania ‘Kids for Cash’ Scandal Must Pay $206 Million in Damages by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On August 18, 2022, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ordered two former state judges to pay $206 million in damages for taking $2.8 million in kickbacks to shut down …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
$60,000 Paid by Pennsylvania County to Jail Detainee Savagely Beaten by Cellmate While Guards Allegedly Ignored Cries for Help by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On July 15, 2022, Pennsylvania’s Bedford County agreed to pay $60,000 to a former detainee in the county jail, settling claims that guards purposefully failed …
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