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Brief • March 27, 2012
Weekley v. Adkinson, FL, Complaint, Police Killing of Unarmed Victim, 2012 Case 3:12-cv-00139-RS-CJK Document 1 Filed 03/27/12 Page 1 of 16 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION IRIS WEEKLEY, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jeffery Weekley and on behalf of …
HRDC Files Suit on Behalf of Family of Hawaii Prisoner Murdered at CCA Facility by On February 15, 2012, the family of Bronson Nunuha, a 26-year-old Hawaii prisoner who was brutally murdered at a Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) prison in Arizona in 2010, filed suit in circuit court in …
Haitian Prison Conditions Deteriorate in Aftermath of Massive Earthquake by Holly S. Cooper by Holly Cooper On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the island nation of Haiti. Well-known are the catastrophic numbers of victims left in its wake, leaving hundreds of thousands of people entombed in rubble …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Nebraska Judge Dismisses Charges Against Omaha Jailers by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Douglas County, Nebraska District Court Judge Peter Bataillon has dismissed official misconduct charges against jailers who allegedly let a prisoner bleed to death while he begged for his life. Bataillon interpreted Jail Standards Board regulations as putting …
Breedlove v. Demings, FL, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death and Fabrication of Evidence, 2012 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA ORLANDO DIVISION ESTATE OF TOREY ADRELL BREEDLOVE by TIFFANY BREEDLOVE as personal representative, on behalf of the Estate and the Survivors, Sons 1 and 2 and Daughters 1 and …
Brief • February 24, 2012
Carpenter v. City of Phoenix, AZ, Complaint, Wrongful Death Police Excessive Force, 2012 1 Joel B. Robbins, Esq. (011065) 2 Anne E. Findling, Esq. 010871 ROBBINS & CURTIN, p.l.l.c. 3 4 5 6 7 8 301 East Bethany Home Road, Suite B-100 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 Tel: 602/285-0100 Fax: 602/265-0267 joel@robbinsandcurtin.com …
Brief • February 23, 2012
Duenez v. City of Manteca, CA, Order on Motion to Dismiss, Police Shoot Unarmed Person, 2012 Case 2:11-cv-01820-LKK -KJN Document 35 Filed 02/23/12 Page 1 of 34 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 11 12 13 …
Article • February 15, 2012
$880,000 Settlement in Federal Prisoner’s Death in Washington State by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An $880,000 settlement has been reached in the death of a prisoner at the Federal Detention Center (FDC) in SeaTac, Washington. The lawsuit alleged that the prisoner died due to negligent medical care. When …
Article • February 15, 2012
9th Circuit: Equitable Estoppel Applies Where Fraudulent Concealment by Police Thwarts Filing of Claim within Statute of Limitations Period by The Ninth Circuit has held that the doctrine of equitable estoppel can save a claim brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against an otherwise-applicable statute of limitations bar, where although …
Article • February 15, 2012
California Shells Out $250,000 to Settle Prisoner’s Wrongful Death Suit by In September 2008, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a wrongful death suit brought by Victoria Wright, the surviving spouse of former CDCR prisoner Jay Wright, who died of cardiac arrest …
Article • February 15, 2012
California DOC Agrees to $135,000 Settlement for Failing to Diagnose Prisoner’s Cancer, Resulting in Death by A $135,000 award was granted in the wrongful death suit against California Department of Corrections (CDOC). In July of 2000, Jake Mumm, a California prisoner, was housed at California Men’s Colony, where he began …
Article • February 15, 2012
$11.5 Million Jury Award to Family of Man Wrongfully Killed by Cop by In March 2011, a Prince George’s County jury awarded $11.5 million in damages to the widow and child of a man who was shot to death by a police officer. In August 2008, while moonlighting as a …
Article • February 15, 2012
California: $125,000 Settlement in Wrongful Death Case; Police Shot Victim by In February 2010, the city of Huntington Beach, California agreed to pay $125,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Kenneth MacDonald and Lisa Marie Guy, the parents of Ashley MacDonald, 18, who was shot by two of …
Article • February 15, 2012
City of Everett, Washington Settles Police Shooting Suit for $500,000 by In February 2011, the City of Everett in Washington State agreed to settle for $500,000 a lawsuit brought by the family of a man gunned down by police. Niles Meservey was fatally shot by police officer Troy Meade outside …
Mother Questions Her Son’s “Natural” Death in Colorado CCA Prison by Alan Prendergast On October 28, 2010, a 26-year-old prisoner named Terrell Griswold was found slumped over and unresponsive in his cell at the Bent County Correctional Facility, a private prison in southeastern Colorado. The official cause of death was …
Cunningham v. AZ, AZ, Complaint, Suicide, 2012 Michael K. Jeanes, Cl rk of Court *** Electronically iled *** Charlotte Le ·ne Filing ID 1148 09 1/20/2012 4:49:00 M 4 AUGUSTINE B. JIMENEZ III State Bar# 012208 Mont9ya Jimenez, P.A. 3200 N. Central Avenu~ Suite 2550 Phoenix, Arizona 8501L-2490 Telephone: 602-263-7875 …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Family of Prisoner Strangled in Oklahoma GEO Private Prison Awarded $6.5 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In June 2011, the family members of an Oklahoma state prisoner who was murdered by his cellmate at a privately-operated GEO Group prison in Lawton, Oklahoma received a $6.5 million jury award. …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Virginia Wrongful Death Jail Suit Against Correct Care Solutions Settled for $1 Million by A nurse employed by Correct Care Solutions (CCS), the company responsible for medical treatment at the Alexandria Detention Center in Virginia, was fired for lying about the care she provided to a prisoner who later died. …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Deaths at Texas Jail Reveal Health Care Deficiencies by When Amy Lynn Cowling, 33, was arrested for speeding and outstanding misdemeanor theft warrants, no one expected that she would receive the death penalty. But Cowling never even had the opportunity to present her case to a judge or jury; five …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
North Carolina Jury Awards $10 Million in Wrongful Death Suit Against Taser by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 19, 2011, a federal jury in North Carolina awarded $10 million to the parents and estate of a teenager who died after being shocked with a Taser fired by a …
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