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CCA Settles Wackenhut Transport Accident Suit for $200,000 by Jose Sandoval, an illegal immigrant who suffered injuries to his arm and spinal column in an automobile accident after his arrest by the Border Patrol, has received a $200,000 settlement from the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). CCA had subcontracted its …
$1.2 Million Awarded Against PHS After Florida Jail Prisoner Paralyzed by A federal jury in Florida has awarded $1.2 million to a former prisoner who was paralyzed due to deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs while he was incarcerated at the Lee County Jail. The jury found that the …
Rodriguez v. Hardy, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2011 Case: Case: 1:11-cv-05514 1:11-cv-05514 CA Document Document #: #: 61 Filed: Filed:09/06/11 08/12/11Page Page11ofof36 36PageID PageID#:66 #:1 cft FILED IN THE SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 RE5EIVEB UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MICHAEL W. DOBBINS CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT • FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF …
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 …
Fifth Circuit Grants Louisiana Prison Doctor Qualified Immunity by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Fifth Circuit court of appeals reversed a Louisiana district court’s denial of qualified immunity for a prison doctor. Anthony Gobert, a former Louisiana state prisoner, was incarcerated at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center (EHCC) and …
Article • July 15, 2011
Ohio Negligent Shackling Claim Remanded by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On April 8, 2010, the Court of Appeals of Ohio remanded a prisoner’s negligence claim against the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRD). Jack Nott sued the ODRC after his left leg was amputated from the knee down. …
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 • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
$149,500 Settlement for Hawaiian Prisoner Denied Medical Care After Transport Accident by A $149,500 settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by a Hawaiian prisoner who was denied medical care for injuries suffered after a prison transport van was involved in an accident. Scott Tenney and six other prisoners …
Mason v. Ghosh, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2011 Case: 1:11-cv-00696 Document #: 6 Filed: 05/26/11 Page 1 of 46 PageID #:59 FILED 5/26/2011 ~ECEIVED IN THE . . ~ UNITED STAT.ES DISTRICT COURT r,111,l.l JAN S 1 !01' "" NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION S . DOBBINO URT MICHAELDW …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Sixth Circuit Rules on Whether Prisoner Must Name Defendants in Grievance by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) internal grievance policy rule that prisoners name all defendants did not invalidate a prisoner’s grievance for purposes of exhaustion of administrative remedies when prison …
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
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
Missouri Man Awarded $300,000 Following Taser Incident by In December 2009, officials in Missouri City, Missouri agreed to pay a $300,000 settlement to prevent future litigation relative to a July 2008 incident in which Phillip Lee McDuffy, 46, was critically injured after being Tasered by police. Kansas City attorney Todd …
$3,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Lawsuit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $3,000 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Eyassu Teklu for negligence. While at the D.C. Jail on January 10, 1998 Teklu was assaulted and battered by another prisoner with an iron pipe, causing severe …
Article • March 15, 2011
Settlement of 1997 Suit Kills 2001 Suit Says Ninth Circuit by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s holding that a 2002 Settlement Agreement regarding a 1997 complaint also covered claims in a 2001 complaint. Todd Ashker was confined in California’s Secured Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican …
Ninth Circuit Holds Private Prison Companies Can Be Sued Under Bivens for Violating Federal Prisoner’s Rights by Derek Gilna On June 7, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that Richard Lee Pollard, a prisoner in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
$195,000 Award for Injury Resulting from NY Prison Garbage Detail by A New York Court of Claims has awarded a former prisoner $195,000 for injuries she sustained while working on a garbage detail. In an April 29, 2008 order, the court found the State of New York 100% liable. The …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Failure of CMS Nurses and Doctor to Properly Treat Broken Leg Overcomes Summary Judgment by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the grant of summary judgment to a doctor and two nurses employed by Correctional Medical Services (CMS). The lawsuit claimed an Eighth Amendment violation related to the treatment …
$35,000 Settlement in Indiana Jail Failure to Protect and Medical Care Suit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter & Mark Wilson Indiana’s Marion County Jail (MCJ) has paid $35,000 to settle a federal civil rights complaint that alleged deliberate indifference to a prisoner’s safety and serious medical needs. The …
New York City Jail Prisoner Awarded $1.3 Million in Deliberate Indifference to Assault Claim by A New York federal jury awarded $1 million to Steve Tatum for severe injuries he sustained as a pre-trial detainee when he was assaulted by other prisoners at the Rikers Island jail. The district court …
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