Gyasi v. City of New York et al, NY, Def Res to Plf 2nd Set of Interrogations, attorney-client privileged info, 2006.pdf Deo 07 2086 2:+BPH HP LRSERJET 3330 UNITED STATES DlSTRICT COURT SOWWERBl DlSTRICT OF NEW YORK . . a - ------PliintifZ X. DEFENDANTS' suwLEMEmAL RESPONSES TO l % m …
Toure v. New York, NY, Trial Transcript, Police Shooting, 2006 file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Richard%20Gross/My%20Document...II%20Transcript%20Files/Monaghan.Dir..X.and.Cross.X.(1018-1077).txt 1017 1 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS - CIVIL TERM - PART 13 2 ----------------------------------------------X MORY TOURE, 3 Plaintiff, 4 -against5 THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 6 Defendant. 7 ----------------------------------------------X Index No. 11022/96 …
U.S. Government Settles 9-11 Detainee Abuse Suit for $300,000 by Matthew T. Clarke In a document filed February 27, 2006, the U.S. government agreed to pay an Egyptian who was caught up in the post-9-11 sweep and detained for a year at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) $300,000 to …
New York Strip-Search Suit Settled for $1.7 Million by A federal class action suit, challenging a New York jail's blanket misdemeanor strip-search policy has been settled for $1,783,670.20. Timothy Maneely brought suit in federal court, challenging the City of Newburgh, New York policy of strip searching all arrestees without reasonable …
Tolling Provision Appeals to NY Personal Injury Action by The New York Court Of Appeals held that the year-and-90-day period contained in General Municipal Law § 50-; is a statute of limitations (to which the tolling provision of CPLR § 205[a] applies) rather than a condition precedent to suit. On …
Second Circuit Holds PLRA Fee Cap Inapplicable To So-ordered Stipulated Dismissals by Bob Williams Second Circuit Holds PLRA Fee Cap Inapplicable To So-ordered Stipulated Dismissals by Bob Williams In a case of first impression, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has held that the fee cap …
New York Prisoner Awarded $4,000 For Assault by On May 23, 2005, a New York court of claims awarded $4,000 to a state prisoner who suffered a head injury when another prisoner attacked him. While imprisoned by the State Department of Correctional Services in Elmira, New York, William Crenshaw was …
Sweetheart Deal For Pharmacy Supplying Saratoga County Jail by OBriens Pharmacy in Ballston Springs has a pretty good deal in supplying the Saratoga County Jail in New York with prescription drugs for prisoners. The county, which paid OBriens $247,000 in FY 2004, has been paying the average wholesale price plus …
New York Prisoner Awarded $25,000 For Assault by On April 12, 2005, a Bronx, New York, jury awarded $25,000 to a man who was severely beaten by other prisoners in the mental health section of the Rikers Island jail complex. The 18-year-old plaintiff was imprisoned at Rikers Island for a …
Second Circuit: Drug-Abuse Based Denial Of HCV Treatment Is Actionable by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals permitted a prisoners damages claim against the New York Department of Corrections (DOC) to proceed after he had been denied treatment for his Hepatitis-C (HCV) …
Davis v. Chen, NY, Interrogatories, 2006 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ----------------------------------------------------------------------X PAULINE FORSHA DAVIS, as Administrator of the ) Estate of BILLY CURL DAVIS, ) Plaintiff, ) ) ) vs. ) ) CHEN YIN, M.D., WESLEY CANFIELD, M.D., ) NEW YORK STATE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, ) …
Laundry Slip and Fall Injury Reaps New York Prisoner $95,000 by Laundry Slip and Fall Injury Reaps New York Prisoner $95,000 A New York Court of Claims has awarded state prisoner Laurie Kellogg $95,000 for injuries sustained from a slip and fall accident in a laundry room at Bedford Hills …
Scandal, Suicides, Corruption and Abuse Abound at New York Citys Rikers Island Jail by Gary Hunter Scandal, Suicides, Corruption and Abuse Abound at New York Citys Rikers Island Jail by Gary Hunter When Rikers Island was purchased in 1884 it was only 87 acres. The city of New York made …
New York Brutality Settlement Affecting Twenty Two Prisoners, Fourteen Units Settles for $2.2 Millio by Gary Hunter New York Brutality Settlement Affecting Twenty Two Prisoners, Fourteen Units Settles for $2.2 Million by Gary Hunter Settlement of a 4-year-old lawsuit, between brutalized prisoners and the guards who attacked them, was achieved …
New Yorks Top Cop Crumbles Under Personal Investigation by New Yorks Top Cop Crumbles Under Personal Investigation by Gary Hunter Given the controversy and corruption that currently surrounds virtually every aspect of the New York City penal process, its insightful to reflect on how one former New York top cop …
New York Prisoner Awarded $2,760 for Improper Confinement/Denial Medical Care by New York Prisoner Awarded $2,760 for Improper Confinement/Denial Medical Care The New York Court of Claims in Rochester has awarded prisoner Patrick Vaughn $2,760 on his claim that he was unlawfully confined and that his medical condition was not …
Neglected New York Prisoner Dies At Jail Following Heart Surgery by Michael Rigby Laura Woolseys biggest fear was dying in jail. But thanks to the inept care provided her at New Yorks Schenectady County Jail, that fear was tragically realized. Woolsey, 39, died at the jail on August 3, 2005, …
Appointment of Counsel Satisfies Access to Courts Requirement by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that the appointment of counsel is a valid means of fully satisfying a state constitutional obligation to provide prisoners, including pretrial detainees, with access to the courts[.] The court also held that constitutionally acceptable …
NYDOCS Abandons ADA DOJ Exhaustion Defense by Upon the request of prison officials, the Second Circuit Court Of Appeals vacated a district courts dismissal of an action brought by New York prisoners, for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Several of New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) prisoners brought …
New York Prisoner Awarded $2,250 For Wrong Medication by On February 22, 2005, a court of claims in Rochester, New York, awarded $2,250 to a state prisoner who was given the wrong medication for nearly two years while imprisoned at the Collins Correctional Facility. On October 14, 1999, prisoner Nathan …
