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$3.1 Million Awarded to FBI Informant's Family by On October 16, 2008, the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the September 2006 findings of the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in awarding approximately $3.1 million to the estate of an FBI informant, John McEntyre, who was murdered after the …
$4,000,000 Award Against LA County Sheriff for Wrongful Death Shooting by On November 20, 2002, Robert Mitchell, a black man recently released from prison, was shot dead by LA County Deputy Rick Manes after being mistakenly identified as a burglar. Although directly contradicted by several eyewitness accounts, Manes asserted the …
$16,000 Awarded in Father's Day False Arrest by On November 30, 2005, John McHenry of Delaware County, Pennsylvania was awarded $1,000 in compensatory damages and an additional $15,000 in punitive damages as a result of his civil rights suit for false arrest. On June 16, 2002, Father's Day, McHenry was …
Article • April 15, 2009
$79,000 Settlement in Washington State Excessive Force/Unlawful Arrest Suit by On March 25, 2008, the City of Bremerton, Washington, and Bremerton Police Officer William Cook settled an unlawful arrest and excessive force lawsuit for $79,000. Cook arrested Melissa Scott, a U.S. government employee, for littering after she refused to obey …
$155,751 Award Against California Youthful Offender Parole Board Upheld by A California court of appeals upheld a jury award of $9,046.00 and $146,705.00 in attorney fees to a former California Youthful Offender Parole Board (YOPB) employee. Lisa Steele, a former clerk at the YOPB, filed suit in California superior court …
Article • April 15, 2009
Alaska Pays $575,000 in Excessive Force Case by $575,000 Settlement in Alaska Prisoner Abuse Alaska prisoner Kevin Patrick brought suit against the state and State Trooper Eric Spitzer after allegedly being Tasered seven times while handcuffed in December 2002. Troopers believed that Patrick had attacked a village policeman with a …
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
Hawaii Prisoner Awarded $15,000.50 for Slip and Fall by Hawaii Prisoner Awarded $15,000.50 for Slip and Fall A Hawaiian prisoner has been awarded $15,000.50 for a slip and fall that occurred in a prison kitchen. A related claim for damages for a slip and fall that occurred near a shower …
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
$295,000 Award to Wisconsin Prisoner in Moldy Mattress Case Reduced by Court by On September 17, 2008, a Wisconsin federal jury awarded a prisoner $295,000 for violation of his constitutional rights. Specifically, the jury found that state prisoner Reggie Townsend was “denied the minimal civilized measure of life’s necessities.” After …
District of Columbia Rehabilitation Program Contractor Liable in Juvenile’s Death; $1,000,000 Verdict Upheld by Bob Williams District of Columbia Rehabilitation Program Contractor Liable in Juvenile’s Death; $1,000,000 Verdict Upheld by Bob Williams Re-Direct, Inc., a company that provides services for juveniles for the District of Columbia, appealed the denial of …
$678,505.67 Settlement After Federal Prisoner Dies From Misdiagnosed Cancer by Illinois State resident and executor of her deceased husband's estate, Mary Norton, brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1996. She claimed that her husband James Norton, died due to negligence and medical malpractice. The court awarded …
$1.8 Million Award After Illinois Federal Prisoner's Suicide; Award Reversed On Appeal by Illinois State resident Karen Johnson brought a federal tort and 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 action against the United States in 1996 after her husband Robert committed suicide in a federal prison. The court awarded her $1.8 million. …
Article • February 15, 2009
Plaintiff Held Mostly Liable After Tort Action Against BOP Backfires by Kentucky resident Carolyn Eichler and others brought a federal tort action in 1997 against the United States after a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) bus collided with their vehicle. Various plaintiffs alleged damages and the court determined that Eichler, the …
Article • February 15, 2009
$210,000 Settlement For Execution Of Dog By Richmond, California Police by Richmond (California) residents Cynthia Peters and Mark Parr brought a federal action against Richmond police who shot their dog while pursuing a suspect. The suit settled for $225,000. Two Violence Suppression Unit police officers were pursuing a suspected drug …
Article • February 15, 2009
Ohio Pays $552,500 For 13 Years Of Wrongful Imprisonment by Ohio ex prisoner Anthony Green settled his wrongful imprisonment action against the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction for $552,500. He had been imprisoned for 13 years. Green was found guilty by a Cuyahoga County jury for rape and aggravated …
Article • February 15, 2009
Oregon Prohibits Public Individuals' Cause Of Action Elimination Absent Adequate Substitution by The Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) sought review of an appellate ruling disregarding statutory provisions and allowing claims against the OHSU's individual defendants for neglect causing permanent brain damage to Jordan Clarke in 1998. Clarke's guardian, Sari, sought …
$2,000 Settlement For Federal Prisoner's Lost Property And Legal Work by Wisconsin federal prisoner Joseph Davis brought a combined 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and federal tort action in 1997 after guards lost his property and legal documents, and assaulted him during a transfer to another prison. He claimed that he …
Federal Officials' Refusal To Treat Prisoner's Severed Tendon Settles For $22,500 by Virginia federal prisoner Chris Walker brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1998 after various officials refused to treat his severed Achilles tendon. Jail and prison officials, as well as Bureau of Prisons personnel ignored …
Article • February 15, 2009
$5,000 Settlement For Leavenworth Guards' Unprovoked Beating Of Federal Prisoner by Illinois federal prisoner Kerry Dixon brought a combined Bivens and federal tort action against the United States in 1994 after guards beat him without just cause at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas (USP Leavenworth) in 1993. The …
Article • February 15, 2009
$11,000 Settlement For Failure To Treat Federal Prisoner's Hepatitis "C" Virus by Illinois federal prisoner Louis Sheptin brought a combined federal tort and Bivens action against the United States in 2000 for the failure to treat and disclose to him that he was infected with Hepatitis "C." The $10 million …
$12,773.46 Settlement After BOP Vehicle Rear Ends Motorist by Tennessee resident Beverly Oliver brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1996 after being rear ended by a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) truck driven by a prisoner. The $75,000 suit settled for $12,773.46. Oliver was a passenger in …
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